Describe the consumption of different forms of communication
Spent is the most negative connotation.
Explanation:
Fatigued is to feel exauhsted.
Weary is lack of sleep, tiredness.
Tired is just a minimal drousy feeling.
And spent is as if your energy was all used up, consumed.
I believe it would be to inform, the particular excerpt isn't really informing about anything, and its not persuading the reader to do anything, simply attempting to entertain the reader with a story.
Assuming we're just looking at this phrase, "learn'd" suggests that the astronomer studied to become intelligent in the astronomical field.
D)I believe only hospice has two roots.