Sapience \Sa"pi*ence\, n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See
   Sapient..]
   The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
   --Cowper.
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         Woman, if I might sit beside your feet,
         And glean your scattered sapience.       --Tennyson.
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	sapience
    n 1: ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding
         or common sense and insight [syn: wisdom, sapience]