\Ed`u*ca"tion\ (?; 135), n. [L. educatio; cf. F.
['e]ducation.]
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}.
Usage: 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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The system of home study established in connection with the
summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the
Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent.