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]

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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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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