science
noun
- study and knowledge of the natural world; the natural and social sciences
- branch of science about the natural world
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.əns/
noun
Etymology: See scion.
- 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”).
- 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”
- To use science to solve a problem.