(n.) Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained
truth of facts.
(n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been
systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general
truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made
available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive,
profound, or philosophical knowledge.
(n.) Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical
world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of
matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called
also natural science, and physical science.
(n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge
considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as,
the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
(n.) Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of
knowledge of laws and principles.
(v. t.) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled;
to instruct.
