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ry; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. "Hidden frauds [to] explore." Dryden.

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.…

truly; perfidiously or treacherously. "O falsely, falsely murdered." Shak. Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20. Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely Jer. vii. 9.

killed, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

otion; to impose restrains on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. Shak.

The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." Macaulay.

lly. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.

The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. Rankine. -- Plane, or Line, of flotation, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See…

Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.

To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.

The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.

A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.

ity. Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience. Atterbury.

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

The science or state of fossils. Coleridge.

One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Joseph Black.

The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.

The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.

The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.