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

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.

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.

The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al (#), a. --Ge`o*chem"ist (#), n.

To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. Darwin.

e past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts. If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. Tillotson.

ived an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

To study hard for examination. [College Slang]

to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.

ly; earnestly. And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

d dangerous, which are heresies, And, not reformed, may prove pernicious. Shak. After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the philosophers, disagreeing amongst themselves, had started many questions . . . because every man took what opinion he pleased, each several opinion was called a heresy; which signified…

Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.

The study of the humanities; polite learning.

One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.