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

Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

A college or seminary where one is educated.

The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell. Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayo…

together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

The literati, or well educated class.

colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.

Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.

ly life. From their cradles bred together. Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated. The sense of beauty in nature, even among cultured people, is less often met with than other mental endowments. I. Taylor. The cunning hand and cultured brain. Whittier.

Capability of being educated.

Capable of being educated. "Men are educable." M. Arnold.

ople. -- Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.] Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. C. Blount.…

ant of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shak.

Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]