"science up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sciences up [present, singular, third-person], sciencing up [participle, present], scienced up [participle, past], scienced up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} science up (third-person singular simple present sciences up, present participle sciencing up, simple past and past participle scienced up)
  1. (informal, transitive) To develop or create in a scientific way Tags: informal, transitive

Inflected forms

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