Noun

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(label) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.

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*:wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I my?te preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte

(label) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Just men they seemed, and all their study bent / To worship God aright, and know his works.

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

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*1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

*:During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study ; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

*1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations

*:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=John T. Jost

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The act of studying; examination.

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Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

*(William Law) (1686-1761)

*:The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study .

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:The proper study of mankind is man.

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(senseid)A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

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*(Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)

*:his cheery little study

An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

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(label) A piece for special practice; an .

Noun

(en noun)

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

The thing applied.

* Johnson

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.

* 1857 , John Eadie, ?John Francis Waller, ?William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography

His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications , internal and external, gradually restored him to life.

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

* (John Locke)

If a right course be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

I make the remark, and leave you to make the '''application .

The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.

December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications .

(bureaucracy, legal) A petition, entreaty, or other request.

Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.