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Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.

The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

itual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction. The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.

Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.

To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. To prepare us…

Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment." J. H. Newman.

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

One who educates; a teacher.

The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]

Same as Embarkation.

To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.