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Webster 1828 Edition

Educate

ED'UCATE

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Verb.
T.
[L. educo, educare; e and duco, to lead.]
To bring up, as a child; to instruct; to inform and enlighten the understanding; to instill into the mind principles of arts, science, morals, religion and behavior. To educate children well is one of the most important duties of parents and guardians.

Definition 2024

educate

educate

English

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Verb

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

  1. to instruct or train

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  • educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • educate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Adjective

educate f pl

  1. feminine plural of educato

Verb

educate

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

Latin

Verb

ēducāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō

Participle

ēducāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēducātus

Etymology

From Latin educatus, past participle of educare ‎(“to bring up (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentive of educere, past participle eductus ‎(“to bring up, 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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