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; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

rther connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.

Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a.

conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.

is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; facultative studies; -- opposed to obligatory and compulsory, and sometimes used with to.

granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.

osely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.

Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston.

A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.

production of ethyl alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually purified and studied. See enzyme

To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.

Fineness; beauty. [Obs.] Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.

necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. "Ladies of a high form." Bp. Burnet.

ething false. How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. I. Watts.