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sapience

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 Definition: [n]  ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
 
 Synonyms: wisdom
 
 See Also: astuteness, depth, discernment, judgement, judgment, know-how, profoundness, profundity, sagaciousness, sagacity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sa"pi*ence\, n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See
{Sapient}..]
The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
--Cowper.

      Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your
      scattered sapience.                      --Tennyson.

 



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