1580 T. Lupton Siuqila (new ed.) 172 There is neuer a Colledge, nor Free-schoole in al our country, but there is sufficient landes belonging to them for the educating onely of poore mens children.

1637 T. Heywood Royall King i. i. sig. C3 Is't possible, that even Lords, that have the best educating,..should be gull'd wth shadows.

1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers II. 747 He was..prevail'd with to ingage in a Work in which he was very..useful, which was the Educating of Youth for the Sacred Ministry.

1822 Christian Guardian 1 June 232/1 They were emboldened, in 1816, to commence an institution for the educating of missionaries.

1907 A. V. V. Raymond Union Univ. I. xxi. 334 A constant, silent educating is going on that yields rich results.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 June xiv. 4/3 Credentialing, not educating, has become the primary business of North American universities.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. 26 There's no service in the World so educating to a Boy, as a Ladies.—By Jove, this Spark may be older than I imagin.

1828 S. DeWitt Bloodgood Englishman's Sketch-bk. xii. 102 The Americans are a reading people, and an educating people.

1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. ii. iii. 271 Is this the kind of educating circumstance you provide for Chatterton?

1877 Contemp. Rev. 30 434 Neither they [sc. the public] nor the educating staff..see the use of spending the endowments on advancing the studies, instead of advancing the students.

1912 7th Ann. Convent. Assoc. Advertising Clubs Amer. 1911 234 You..are not only a selling force but an educating force.

1948 School Rev. 56 471/1 A school can create an antagonistic attitude between pupil and the organization that is supposed to have an educating effect upon him.

2007 E. du Toit et al. Cost & Managem. Accounting 18 CIMA is an educating body that administers and runs its own courses and exams.