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  • 11Learned — Learn ed (l[ e]rn [e^]d), a. Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. [1913 Webster] The …

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  • 12learned — learned, scholarly, erudite are comparable when they mean possessing or manifesting unusually wide and deep knowledge. Learned implies the possession of knowledge gained by study and research; it usually implies wider and deeper knowledge than do …

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  • 13Book of Tobias —     Tobias     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tobias     We shall first enumerate the various Biblical persons and then treat the book of this name.     I. PERSONS     A. Tobias (II Par., xvii, 8). Heb. tobyyahu Yahweh is good ; Sept. Tobias, one …

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  • 14Book of Wisdom — or Wisdom of Solomon or simply Wisdom is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It is one of the seven Sapiential or wisdom books of the Septuagint Old Testament, which includes Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon (Song… …

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  • 15book-smart — ˈbook smart 8 [book smart] adjective (NAmE, becoming old fashioned, often disapproving) having a lot of academic knowledge learned from books and studying, but not necessarily knowing much about people and living in the real world …

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  • 16book´ish|ly — book|ish «BUK ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of reading or studying; studious: »The bookish boy spent many hours reading. SYNONYM(S): scholarly. 2. knowing books better than real life: »The scholar was a bookish man, lost in the business world.… …

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  • 17book|ish — «BUK ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of reading or studying; studious: »The bookish boy spent many hours reading. SYNONYM(S): scholarly. 2. knowing books better than real life: »The scholar was a bookish man, lost in the business world. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 18learned treatise — n. Book or treatise regarded as authoritative, generally of long accepted value within a profession or field of study. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 19book|learn|ed — «BUK LUR nihd», adjective. learned in books and not from real life: »a booklearned old recluse …

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  • 20Learned Hand — Infobox Judge name = Learned Hand imagesize = caption = office = Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit termstart = 1924 termend = 1961 nominator = Calvin Coolidge appointer = predecessor = Julius Marshuetz Mayer birthdate …

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