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for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Hammond . . . spent thirteen hours of the day in study. Bp. Fell. Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace. Sir W. Temple.

A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.

To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.

he brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay.

Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

or classical, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

ate; -- with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay.

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.

The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton.

One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.

The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.