Part 6433

<blockquote>Hast thou not <b>learned</b> me how To make perfumes ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Learn</i> formerly had also the sense of <i>teach</i>, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To <i>learn</i> is to receive instruction, and to <i>teach</i> is to give instruction. He who is <i>taught</i> learns, not he who <i>teaches</i>.</note>

<h1>Learn</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Learn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; <as>as, this child <ex>learns</ex> quickly</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Take my yoke upon you and <b>learn</b> of me. <i>Matt. xi. 29.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To learn by heart</col>. <cd>See <cref>By heart</cref>, under <er>Heart</er>.</cd> -- <col>To learn by rote</col>, <cd>to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Learnable</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Learn"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be learned.</def>

<h1>Learned</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Learn"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; <as>as, a <ex>learned</ex> scholar, writer, or lawyer; a <ex>learned</ex> book; a <ex>learned</ex> theory.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>learned</b>lover lost no time. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Men of much reading are greatly <b>learned</b>, but may be little knowing. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Words of <b>learned</b> length and thundering sound. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The learned</col>, <cd>learned men; men of erudition; scholars.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Learn"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <wf>Learn"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Every coxcomb swears as <b>learnedly</b> as they. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Learner</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Learn"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who learns; a scholar.</def>

<h1>Learning</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Learn"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>leornung</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The acquisition of knowledge or skill; <as>as, the <ex>learning</ex> of languages; the <ex>learning</ex> of telegraphy.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; <as>as, he is a man of great <ex>learning</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Book learning</col>. <cd>See under <er>Book</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See <er>Literature</er>.</syn>

<h1>Leasable</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leas"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From 2d <er>Lease</er>.]</ety> <def>Such as can be leased.</def>

<h1>Lease</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Lease</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lesan</ets> to gather; akin to D. <ets>lezen</ets> to gather, read, G. <ets>lesen</ets>, Goth. <ets>lisan</ets> to gather; cf. Lith <ets>lesti</ets> to peck.]</ety> <def>To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>