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educate

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) +‎ -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) +‎ -ō.

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Verb

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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.
    Synonyms: instruct, teach
    Antonym: ignorize
    Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
Derived terms
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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk- (0 c, 73 e)
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten), borrowed from Latin ēducātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Adjective

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educate (comparative more educate, superlative most educate)

  1. (obsolete) educated

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Italian

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Adjective

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educate f pl

  1. feminine plural of educato

Verb

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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

Latin

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ēducāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō

Participle

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ēducāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēducātus

Spanish

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educate

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