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. Ibid. (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 Estudied 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.
