, or Scientifical, something relating to the pure and sublimer sciences; or that abounds in science, or knowledge.
A work, or method, &c, is said to be scientisical, when it is founded on the pure reason of things. or conducted wholly on the principles of them. In which sense the word stands opposed to narrative, arbitrary, opinionative, positive, tentative, &c.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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