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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
educated
adj
  1. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
    Antonym(s): uneducated
  2. characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
    Synonym(s): educated, enlightened
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Educated \Ed"u*ca`ted\, a.
      Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

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.
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