educate

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Etymology

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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Italian

Adjective

educate f pl

  1. feminine plural of educato

Verb

educate

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

Latin

Verb

ēducāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō

Participle

ēducāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēducātus

Spanish

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educate

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