Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STUD'Y, v.i. [L. studeo.]

1. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to muse; to dwell upon in thought. I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable. – Swift.
2. To apply the mind to books. He studies eight hours in the day.
3. To endeavor diligently. That ye study to be quiet and do your own business. – 1 Thess. iv.