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▪ I. inscient, a.1 Now rare.|ˈɪnʃɪənt| [ad. L. inscient-em unknowing, ignorant, f. in- (in-3) + sciens, scient-, pr. pple. of scīre to know.] Not knowing; lacking knowledge; nescient, ignorant.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 30 Celsus..confesseth himselfe inscient, by accomptyng their number uncertaine. 1643Prynne Sov. Power of Parlt. ii. Pref. A ij, A Company of seemingly Scient, though really inscient, selfe-conceited Court-Doctors, Priests, and Lawyers. 1898Speaker 10 Dec. 694/2 In the thirties the Oxford mind was inscient. ▪ II. ˈinscient, a.2 rare. [f. in-2 + L. scient-em knowing.] Having inward knowledge or insight.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ix. 913 Gaze on, with inscient vision toward the sun, And, from his visceral heat, pluck out the roots Of light beyond him. |