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sk as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.

duce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.…

note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defaced. Pope.

To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.

anding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. "Dull at classical learning." Thackeray. She is not bred so dull but she can learn. Shak.

One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift.

Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.

Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

ss; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.

Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. The gay young gentlem…

ave made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. Addison.

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.

ormed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.

management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. Locke.

A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue.' Sterne. To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton.

ng used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. This reform bill . . . had been used as a float by the conservative ministry. J. P. Peters.