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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of study.

Etymologies

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From study +‎ -est, the archaic second-person singular tense suffix.

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Examples

  • Masrur, come is the time of Union and favour; so, as thou studiest my love to savour recite us some verses surpassing of flavour.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 'Thou, whosoever thou art that studiest in this book,' wrote an unknown book-lover many centuries ago upon the margin of a favourite volume,

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

  • [Sidenote: Homoteleto.] _Similiter desinens_, endynge al alyke, when words or sentẽces haue alyke endyng, as: Thou dareste do fylthely, and studiest to speke baudely.

    A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry

  • If thou studiest diligently, thou will become learned.

    English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

  • Next, whereas he said, he that makes me sorry makes me glad; lest they should say ` this then is what thou studiest, that thou mightest be made glad and mightest exhibit to all the extent of thy power; 'he added,

    NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889

  • Masrur, come is the time of Union and favour; so, as thou studiest my love to savour recite us some verses surpassing of flavour.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Again, using thy craft and wiliness in speech, thou studiest, by extolling me, to gain my goodwill and callest me a gentleman and a man of honour, thinking thus to cajole me into playing the magnanimous and forebearing to punish thee for thy wickedness; but thy blandishments shall not now darken me the eyes of the understanding, as did thy disloyal promises whilere.

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

  • Why studiest thou not to manage him by fair means and gentle dealing?

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

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