▪ I. † eˈstudy, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 astudie, 5–6 estudie, -ye.
[a. OF. estudier (mod.F. étudier) ad. late L. studiāre, f. studium study. Cf. Pr. and Sp. estudiar, Pg. estudar, It. studiare.]
= study v., trans. and intr.
| c 1225 Ancr. R. 200 Auh abuten þeos, þencheð & astudieð wel swuðe. 1474 Caxton Chesse ii. iii. (1860) B viij b, Theyr offyce is..to estudye diligently in such wyse..so that they be not founde corupt. 1491 ― Vitas Patr. i. vii. 10 b, He taughte hem to do wel, to estudie, etc. 1550 J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Herald. §203 (1877) 116 The great nombre of gentilmen..alwayes estudyeng the lawes of the realme. |
Hence eˈstudied ppl. a., learned.
| 1550 J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Herald. §167 (1877) 107 The most parte of them be wel estudied in the lawes of God. |
▪ II. † eˈstudy, n. Obs.
[a. OF. estudie study, f. L. studium.]
Care, desire, zeal; = study n.
| 1483 Caxton Cato E iij, They dyd put all theyr estudye for to knowe the faytes or dedes of thauncientes. 1483 ― Golden Leg. 221/3 They bothe were of one loue, of one estudye and of one wylle. |