Ed"i*tor (?), n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. éditeur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Ed`i*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.
Ed`i*to"ri*al, n. A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly (?), adv. In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
Ed"i*tor*ship (?), n. The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
Ed"i*tress (?), n. A female editor.
E*dit"u*ate (?), v. t. [LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.] To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
E"dom*ite (?), n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
||Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoöl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]
Ed`ri*oph*thal"mous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
Ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty (d`*k*bl"*t), n. [Cf. F. éducabilité.] Capability of being educated.
Ed"u*ca*ble (d"*k*b'l; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducable.] Capable of being educated. "Men are educable." M. Arnold.
Ed"u*cate (-kt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated (- k`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (-k`tng).] [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.
Ed"u*ca`ted (?), a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
Ed`u*ca"tion (?; 135), 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; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge.
H. Spenser.
Syn. -- Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.
Ed`u*ca"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment." J. H. Newman.
Ed`u*ca"tion*ist, n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
Ed"u*ca*tive (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducatif.] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
Ed"u*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.
E*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.
The eternal art educing good from ill.
Pope.
They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves.