n. [ Cf. F. éducabilité. ] Capability of being educated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. éducable. ] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Formed or developed by education;
n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
n. [ L. educatio; cf. F. éducation. ] 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;
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.
a. Of or pertaining to education. “His educational establishment.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a specialist in the theory of eduction.
n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
a. [ Cf. F. éducatif. ] Tending to educate; that gives education;