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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Educated \Ed"u*ca`ted\, a.
   Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

Source : WordNet®

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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