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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Learn \Learn\ (l[~e]rn), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Learned} (l[~e]rnd), or {Learnt} (l[~e]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[=ae]ran to teach, OS. l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go. Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot, {lore}.]
1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. ''Learn to do well.'' --Is. i. 17.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32.
2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak.
Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Learned \Learn"ed\ (l[~e]rn"[e^]d), adjective 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.
The learnedlover lost no time. --Spenser.
Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. --Locke.
Words of learned length and thundering sound. --Goldsmith.
{The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- {Learn"ed*ly}, adverb {Learn"ed*ness}, noun
Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
learned
adjective
1: having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor" [syn: {erudite}]
2: highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: {enlightened}, {knowing}, {knowledgeable}, {lettered}, {well-educated}, {well-read}]
3: established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response" [syn: {conditioned}] [ant: {unconditioned}]
4: acquired by learning; "learned skills"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "learned": abstruse, academic, accomplished, au fait, autodidactic, bookish, broad-minded, civilized, college-bred, collegiate, cultivated, cultured, deep, educated, encyclopedic, erudite, experienced, expert, graduate, highbrow, intellectual, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, pansophic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, postgraduate, profound, sage, sapient, scholarly, scholastic, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, self-instructed, skilled, sophomoric, studentlike, studious, undergraduate, well-educated, well-grounded, well-informed, well-read, well-versed, wise, wise as Solomon
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Learned, MS (town, FIPS 39880) Location: 32.19766 N, 90.54872 W Population (1990): 111 (41 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39154
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Learned, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 50 Housing Units (2000): 24 Land area (2000): 0.298770 sq. miles (0.773811 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.002658 sq. miles (0.006885 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.301428 sq. miles (0.780696 sq. km) FIPS code: 39880 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32.197843 N, 90.547259 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39154 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Learned, MS Learned
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