a. [ L. sciens, -entis, p. pr. ] Knowing; skillful. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖adv. [ L. ] (Law) Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. scientialis, fr. L. scientia. ] Pertaining to, or producing, science. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make. ]
Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scientific method,
a. Scientific. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [ a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study ] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869). [ 1913 Webster ]