educate
Valid in Scrabble
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- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
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Definition of educate
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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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verb
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(transitive)To instruct or train.
“Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.”
adj
- (obsolete)educated
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Etymology
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…
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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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