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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having had experience in an activity or in life in general.
  • adjective Skilled or knowledgeable as the result of active participation or practice.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skilful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation: as, an experienced artist; an experienced physician.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • past participle Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having experience and skill in a subject.
  • adjective experient
  • verb Past participle of experience

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

Etymologies

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From experience + -ed.

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