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The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.

The science which treats of lichens.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered. The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs. Landor.

of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; cor…

A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.

Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.] Spenser. Good conscience and good loos. Chaucer.

ass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. J. Hannay.

ct. Love, and health to all. Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. Fenton.

One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T. Burnet.

The science of loxodromics. [R.]

or advantage; to entice; to attract. I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay.

The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro- chemistry.

eparted spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. Chaucer. Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion ove…