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science

noun

  1. study and knowledge of the natural world; the natural and social sciences
  2. branch of science about the natural world
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.əns/

noun

Etymology: See scion.

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

  1. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

    I mock'd at all religious Fear, Deep-scienced in the mazy Lore Of mad Philosophy

  2. To use science to solve a problem.