Definition for IL-LIT'ER-ATE

IL-LIT'ER-ATE, a. [L. illiteratus; in and literatus; from litera, a letter.]

Unlettered; ignorant of letters or books; untaught; unlearned; uninstructed in science; as, an illiterate man, nation or tribe. Wotton.

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