Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Educated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Educate \Ed"u*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Educated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Educating}.] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring
up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to
?ed forth, bring up (a child). See {Educe}.]
To bring ??? or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop
and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but
more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to
expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty,
etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of;
to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic
instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to
educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify;
bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Educated \Ed"u*ca`ted\, a.
Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
educated
adj 1: possessing an education (especially having more than average
knowledge) [ant: {uneducated}]
2: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess";
"an enlightened electorate" [syn: {enlightened}]
3: adequately educated in the use of numerical terms and
concepts especially in arithmetical operations
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