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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ed·u·cate 
[ej-oo-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
[ej-oo-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. |
| 2. | to qualify by instruction or training for a particular calling, practice, etc.; train: to educate someone for law. |
| 3. | to provide schooling or training for; send to school. |
| 4. | to develop or train (the ear, taste, etc.): to educate one's palate to appreciate fine food. |
| 5. | to inform: to educate oneself about the best course of action. |
| 6. | to educate a person or group: A television program that educates can also entertain. |
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| ed·u·cate
(ěj'ə-kāt') Pronunciation Key
v. ed·u·cat·ed, ed·u·cat·ing, ed·u·cates v. tr.
v. intr. To teach or instruct a person or group. [Middle English educaten, from Latin ēducāre, ēducātus; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
educate
educate
1447, from L. educatus, pp. of educare "bring up, rear, educate," which is related to educere "bring out," from ex- "out" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Meaning "provide schooling" is first attested 1588 in Shakespeare. Educationese "the jargon of school administrators" is from 1966; educrat first attested 1968, usually pejorative, second element from bureaucrat (q.v.). Educable is from 1845. Educated guess first attested 1954.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| educate | |
verb | |
| 1. | give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" |
| 2. | create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [syn: train] |
| 3. | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Educate
Ed"u*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated; p. pr. & vb. n. Educating.] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to ?ed forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.] To bring ??? or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste. Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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