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Webster 1913 Edition
Literate
Lit′er-ate
(lĭt′ẽr-ā̍t)
, Adj.
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.
The
literate
now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs. Landor.
Lit′er-ate
,Noun.
1.
One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.
[Eng.]
2.
A literary man.
Webster 1828 Edition
Literate
LIT'ERATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
literate
literate
English
Adjective
literate (comparative more literate, superlative most literate)
- Able to read and write; having literacy.
- Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
- Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
- 2005, Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, Harper:
- The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.
- 2005, Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, Harper:
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
able to read, having literacy
knowledgeable in literature and writing
Noun
literate (plural literates)
External links
- literate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- literate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
literāte
- vocative masculine singular of literātus
References
- LITERATE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)