Experiencing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Experience \Ex*pe"ri*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Experienced}
     ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Experiencing}
     ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*en*s[i^]ng).]
     1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to
        prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot
        or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to


        feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience
        poverty; to experience a change of views.
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              The partial failure and disappointment which he had
              experienced in India.                 --Thirwall.
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     2. To exercise; to train by practice.
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              The youthful sailors thus with early care
              Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. --Harte.
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     {To experience religion} (Theol.), to become a convert to the
        doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of
        religious truth.
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