Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCI-EN-TIF'IC, or SCI-EN-TIF'IC-AL, a. [Fr. scientifique; It. scientifico; Sp. cientifico; L. scientia and facio, to make.]

1. Producing certain knowledge or demonstration; as, scientific evidence. – South.
2. According to the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific arrangement of fossils.
3. Well versed in science; as, a scientific physician.