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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
experienced \ex*pe"ri*enced\ ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst), p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.
The ablest and most experienced statesmen. --Bancroft.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Experience \Ex*pe"ri*ence\, verb (used with an object) [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.
The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. --Thirwall.
2. To exercise; to train by practice.
The youthful sailors thus with early care Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. --Harte.
{To experience religion} (Theol.), to become a convert to the doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of religious truth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
experienced
adjective: having become knowledgeable or skillful from observation or participation [ant: {inexperienced}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "experienced": acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accomplished, accustomed, adapted, adept, adjusted, au fait, blase, capable, case-hardened, competent, conditioned, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, efficient, expert, familiarized, hardened, in the know, inured, knowing, knowledgeable, master, masterly, mature, matured, naturalized, not born yesterday, old, old-line, old-time, on the ball, orientated, oriented, practical, practiced, prepared, professional, proficient, qualified, ripe, ripened, run-in, sagacious, sage, savvy, seasoned, shrewd, skilled, skillful, sophisticated, trained, tried, tried and true, used to, versed, vet, veteran, well-informed, well-versed, wise, wont, wonted, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise
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