scientify
scientify verb: to make scientific; to subject to scientific rules.
Verb
scientify (third-person singular simple present scientifies, present participle scientifying, simple past and past participle scientified)
- To make scientific; to subject to scientific rules.
- I am aware it is not so flattering to scientify men into atoms, as if, with others, I were to mystify them into angels. But I can only regret to find it impossible to humour them in this serious matter, consistly with their own interest and that of truth.1851, James O'Connell, Vestiges of Civilization: Or, the Ætiology of History, Religious, Æsthetical, Political, and Philosophical, New York: H. Baillière, page 183
- Textbooks were written that portrayed Chinese medicine as a theoretical and practical whole, and they were taught in newly founded academies of so-called “traditional Chinese medicine,” […]. Needless to say, the academies were anything but traditional, striving valiantly to “scientify” the...2013 October 22, Alan Levinovitz, “Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine”, in Slate
- Synonyms:
- scientize
Synonyms of scientify
Forms of scientify
| third-person singular present | scientifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | scientifying |
| past participle | scientified |
| past | scientified |
Origin of scientify
From scient(ific) + -ify.
Questions about scientify
- What does scientify mean?
- Scientify means to make scientific; to subject to scientific rules.
- What part of speech is scientify?
- Scientify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of scientify?
- The past tense of scientify is scientified.
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