a. Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Caducous. ] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An educating together, of different sexes or races; -- now used almost exclusively in reference to the education males and females together. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
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a. [ F. ducal. See Duke. ] Of or pertaining to a duke. [ 1913 Webster ]
His ducal cap was to be exchanged for a kingly crown. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ducat, It. ducato, LL. ducatus, fr. dux leader or commander. See Duke. ] A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The gold ducat is generally of the value of nine shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more that two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half this value. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. or Sp. ducaton, fr. ducat. ] A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. éducabilité. ] Capability of being educated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. éducable. ] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Formed or developed by education;
n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
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;
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.
a. Of or pertaining to education. “His educational establishment.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a specialist in the theory of eduction.
n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
a. [ Cf. F. éducatif. ] Tending to educate; that gives education;
n. [ L. ] One who educates; a teacher. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of moths whose larvae are hornworms.
a. [ Cf. F. manducable. See Manducate. ] Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation. ] The act of chewing. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To educate in a wrong manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to oviducts;
n. pl.;
a. Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees;
a. Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others. [ 1913 Webster ]