Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STUD'Y, v.t.

1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
2. To consider attentively; to examine closely. Study the works of nature. Study thyself; what rank or what degree / Thy wise Creator has ordain'd for thee. – Dryden.
3. To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over; or to commit to memory; as, to study a speech.