(v) spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

(v) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

(v) contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

(n) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"

(n) the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

(n) an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

(v) undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"

(v) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two d

(v) undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

(v) of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

(v) go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

(v) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

(v) question closely

(v) question or examine thoroughly and closely

(v) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

(v) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

(s) existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"

(s) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of

(s) exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"

(a) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps towar

(s) works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"

(s) equipped and ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"

(r) within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

(r) after a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at length they arrived"

(v) have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

(v) support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"