See Also: explanate(medicine)
explanate(dictionary)

learn (iou) and explanate (medicine)


learn (iou)



learn verb. .
[Old English leornian = Old Frisian lernia, lirnia, Old Saxon linon, Old High German lernen, lirnen (German lernen) from West Germanic, from base also of LORE noun1.]
I. Acquire knowledge.
verb trans. & intrans. Acquire knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an Art etc.) as a result of study, experience, or instruction; acquire or develop an ability to do. OE.
G. Stein Lena could first..learn how to do things. B. Montgomery We learnt by bitter experience. S. Delaney Oh Jo, you're only a kid. Why don't you learn from my mistakes? R. P. Jhabvala She had learned a lot and was very wise and provident now. D. Wigoder From my clumsy fall I learned to be more cautious.
verb trans. & intrans. Become acquainted with or informed of (a fact); hear (of), ascertain. ME.
T. Hardy He..held up his watch to learn the time. Times One learnt by chance that they were in lowly Jobs. G. Greene When Rembrandt wants to marry..we learn for the first time of an impediment.
II. Impart knowledge. Now non-standard.
verb trans. Give instruction to, teach. ME.
H. Mayhew My mother learned me to needlework and knit.
b. Give instruction in, teach (a thing) to a person. rare. LME.
verb trans. Inform (a person) of something. Foll. by obj. clause or double obj. LME-L17.
Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Learn me the proclamation.
Phrases etc.: I am yet to learn, I have yet to learn I am unaware (usu. with implication of disbelief). I'll learn you non-standard: a warning of impending punishment. learn by heart, learn by rote commit to memory (a formulaic information, a passage of prose or verse). learning machine a computer etc. designed to improve its ability to solve problems or perform tasks by making use of information from previous attempts. learn one's lesson: see LESSON noun 6. learn the hard way learn by painful experience. learn the ropes: see ROPE noun1. learn-to- attrib. adjective designating a course of lessons or step-by-step instructions in a subject or skill. live and learn: see LIVE verb.
With adverbs in specialized senses: learn off commit to memory, learn by heart. learn out (now dial.) find out, discover. learn up make oneself familiar with by study etc.
learna'bility noun the quality or fact of being learnable M20.
learnable adjective able to be learned, easily learned E17.

explanate (medicine)


explanate
<botany> Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.

Origin: L. Explanatus, p.p. Of explanare. See Explain.

Source: Websters Dictionary