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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭt′ẽr-ā̍t)

Adj.

[L.

litteratus

literatus

. See

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

The

literate

now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.

Landor.

Noun.

One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.

[Eng.]

A literary man.

Adj.

[L. literatus.] Learned; lettered; instructed in learning and science.