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for literate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Literate \Lit"er*ate\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]t), a. [L. litteratus,
literatus. See Letter.]
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned;
lettered.
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The literate now chose their emperor, as the military
chose theirs. --Landor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Literate \Lit"er*ate\, n.
1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree;
especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy
orders. [Eng.]
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2. A literary man.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
literate
adj 1: able to read and write [ant: illiterate]
2: versed in literature; dealing with literature [ant:
illiterate]
3: knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields;
"computer literate"
n 1: a person who can read and write [syn: literate, literate
person]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "literate":
Brahmin, abstruse, brainworker, civilized, cultivated, cultured,
deep, educated, egghead, encyclopedic, erudite, highbrow,
intellect, intellectual, intellectualist, learned, lettered,
mandarin, pansophic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, profound,
scholarly, scholastic, studious, thinker,
white-collar intellectual, wise, wise man
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