[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

educate \ed"ucate\ e^d"-uk=at, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   educated e^d"-uk=a`te^d; p. pr.  vb. n.
   educating e^d"-uk=a`ti^ng. l. educatus, p. p.
   of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to
   educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up a child. see
   educe.
   to bring up 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.
        1913 webster
see also:
educated educating educe 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

educated \ed"uca`ted\, a.
   formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
uneducated enlightened 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "educated":
   abreast of, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, au courant,
   autodidactic, beautified, bettered, briefed, civilized, converted,
   critical, cultivated, cultured, deep, developed, discerning,
   embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enlightened, enriched,
   erudite, improved, informed, instructed, knowledgeable, learned,
   lettered, literary, literate, pansophic, perfected, polished,
   polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, posted, primed, profound,
   refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic, schooled,
   self-instructed, sensitive, studious, taught, trained,
   transfigured, transformed, up on, up-to-date, versed,
   well-informed, well-read, well-versed, wise

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