<hw>Ed`i*to"ri*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.</def>
<h1>Editorially</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.</def>
<h1>Editorship</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed"i*tor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.</def>
<h1>Editress</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed"i*tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female editor.</def>
<h1>Edituate</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>E*dit"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>aedituatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aedituare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aedituus</ets> a temple warden; <ets>aedes</ets> building, temple + <ets>tueri</ets> to guard.]</ety> <def>To guard as a churchwarden does.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>J. Gregory.</i>
<h1>Edomite</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>E"dom*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.</def>
<h1>Edriophthalma</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ steadfast + <?/ the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Edriophthalmata</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Edriophthalmous</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed`ri*oph*thal"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.</def>
<h1>Educability</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82ducabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capability of being educated.</def>
<h1>Educable</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed"u*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82ducable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being educated.</def> "Men are <i>educable</i>."
<i>M. Arnold.</i>
<h1>Educate</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed"u*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Educated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Educating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>educatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>educare</ets> to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. <ets>educere</ets> to <?/ed forth, bring up (a child). See <er>Educe</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, to <ex>educate</ex> a child; to <ex>educate</ex> the eye or the taste.</as></def>
<syn>Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.</syn>
<h1>Educated</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed"u*ca`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed or developed by education; <as>as, an <ex>educated</ex> man</as>.</def>
<h1>Education</h1> <Xpage=471>
<hw>Ed`u*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>educatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>\'82ducation</ets>.]</ety> <def>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>as, an <ex>education</ex> for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his <ex>education</ex>.</as></def>
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