Ed`u*ca"tion (?; 135), 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; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
To prepare us
for complete living is the
function which education has to discharge.
H. Spenser. Syn. -- Education,
Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly
a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart.
Instruction is that part of
education which furnishes
the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also
applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching
a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly
relates to the manners and outward conduct.
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