English dictionary
educate
/'/E//dZ//U/,k/eI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
verb
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give an education to
ExamplesWe must educate our youngsters better.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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create by training and teaching
Source: WordNet 3.0
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teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To bring up 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 <i>educate</i> a child; to <i>educate</i> the eye or the taste.
Source: webster1913