experiment on

experiment (up)on someone or something

to use someone or something as the subject of an experiment. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Do you think we should experiment upon people? The researchers were experimenting on a new drug that might cure rabies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hiram	HIE-rəm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Adolfo	ah-DHOL-fo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Hecate	HEK-ə-tee (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Agim	-	Albanian
Jukka	YOOK-kah	Finnish
Honza	-	Czech