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erent; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. Cowper. To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.

In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

Marking a difference; distinguishing. -- Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv. And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white. Canning.

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.

Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.

One who discriminates.

Discriminative.

Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.

Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.

A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishes Winter's bark.

The herb agrimony. [Obs.]

To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak.

An ventriloquist. [Obs.]

confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a la…

Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.

By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.