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educate

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From Latin educatus, past participle of educare (“to "bring up or rise up or train or mould or nourish" (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentative of educere, past participle eductus (“to "bring out or lead out or draw out or rear" (a child, usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”), from e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”).

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educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)

  1. (transitive) To instruct or train.
    Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-‎ (0 c, 70 e)

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Adjective

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educate f pl

  1. feminine plural of educato

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educate

  1. inflection of educare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative
    3. feminine plural past participle

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ēducāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō

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ēducāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēducātus

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educate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of educar combined with te
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