erudiate
/ɪˈɹuːdieɪt/
erudiate adjective: educated; learned; erudite.
Adjective
erudiate (comparative more erudiate, superlative most erudiate)
- Educated; learned; erudite.
- "Yes, Sir," answered the father, "O fortunate nate! (exclaimed the most erudiate preceptor ) O child a thousand times happy!1772, Francisco Lobon De Salazar, The History of the Famous Preacher Friar Gerund de Campazas, page 165
- He presented to the institute, in his own person, “the beau ideal of a teacher;” gentlemanly in his deportment, courteous in his intercourse with all, erudiate without being pedantic, fertile in resources and expedients, shoing to all what a perfect character a good teacher is and should be.1852, Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of New Jersey, page 499
Verb
erudiate (third-person singular simple present erudiates, present participle erudiating, simple past and past participle erudiated)
- To instruct; to educate; to teach.
- The skilful Goddess there erudiates These In all she did, when Love her Breast did lance.1655, Sir Richard Fanshawe, The Lusiad of Camoens
- There may be a Cleveland, Ohio, moral to this, but I don't know what it is, unless I might suggest weakly that erudition may erudiate for one and eradicate for another, which is about what happened.1912, Louis Freeland Post, Mrs. Alice (Thatcher) Post, Stoughton Cooley, The Public: A Journal of Democracy - Volume 15, page 18
Examples of erudiate in a sentence
- I recall what Professor Mayor, of Cambridg , one of the most erudiate classical men in England, said on this point.1894, Journal of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club, page 25:
- Himself an erudiate scholar, Muhammad Fadil used to deliver lectures in the institution.1977, ʻAbdulḥaʼī ibn Fak̲h̲ruddīn al-Hasanī, Sayyid ʻAbdulḥaʼī, India During Muslim Rule, page 167:
- Even the most erudiate historian cannot arrive at other conclustions than those contained in "The Lesson" if he honestly proceeds from facts and from the positions of Marxism-Leninism.1987, Daily Report: East Europe - Issues 230-239, page 82:
- You can also say things that no essayist could erudiate in ten thousand words.2020, Douglas Milewski, Weeds Among Stone:
Forms of erudiate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more erudiate |
| superlative | most erudiate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | erudiates |
| present participle | erudiating |
| past participle | erudiated |
| past | erudiated |
Origin of erudiate
Latin ērūdiō.
Questions about erudiate
- What does erudiate mean?
- Erudiate means educated; learned; erudite.
- How do you use erudiate in a sentence?
- I recall what Professor Mayor, of Cambridg , one of the most erudiate classical men in England, said on this point.
- What part of speech is erudiate?
- Erudiate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce erudiate?
- Erudiate is pronounced /ɪˈɹuːdieɪt/.
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