restudy

verb

re·​study (ˌ)rē-ˈstə-dē How to pronounce restudy (audio)
restudied; restudying

transitive verb

: to study (something or someone) again
So I stayed up all night restudying the symphony from bar 1, as if I'd never seen it in my life.Leonard Bernstein
restudy noun
plural restudies
Many paleontologists, including some of the world's most knowledgeable anatomists of invertebrates, have led the restudy of Walcott's fossils Stephen Jay Gould

Word History

First Known Use

1735, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of restudy was in 1735

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“Restudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restudy. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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