experior
From ex- + *perior (“try, dare, risk”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈspe.ri.or/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈspe.ri.or/, [ekˈspɛːrior]
Verb
experior (present infinitive experīrī or experīrier, perfect active expertus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent
- to attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
- Synonyms: periclitor, probō, temptō, spectō, explōrō
- to experience, to go through, to observe, to suffer, to endure, to sustain, to witness [ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: ūtor
- to do, fare