A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
A duplicate copy of a legal document.
A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.
To script again or anew.
One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
An academic publication.
A piece for special practice; an étude.
The act of studying or examining; examination.
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
To look at minutely.
To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
To take a course or courses on a subject.
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.