LEARNT, lernt. participle passive Obtained as knowledge or information. LEARNED, adjective lern'ed. 1. Versed in literature and science; as a learned man. 2. Skillful; well acquainted with arts; knowing; within; as learned in martial arts. 3. Containing learning; as a learned treatise or publication. 4. Versed in scholastic, as distinct from other knowledge. Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. The learned, learned men; men of erudition; literati.
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