Studied, 1) studious, intent, inclined: a prince should not be so loosely s. as to remember so weak a composition (viz small beer) H4B II, 2, 10. “your graces have been more than could my s. purposes requite,” H8 III, 2, 168. “I have heard it, and am well s. for a liberal thanks which I do owe you,” Ant. II, 6, 48.
2) With in, == having made a thing one's study; well versed, practised: “one well s. in a sad ostent,” Merch. II, 2, 205. “as one that had been s. in his death, to throw away the dearest thing he owed, as 'twere a careless trifle,” Mcb. I, 4, 9.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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