About The Word Educate

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Educate

Educate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Educate?
[v] create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
[v] give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" [v] train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" Synonyms | Synonyms for Educate: civilise | civilize | cultivate | develop | prepare | train Related Terms | Find terms related to Educate: acculturate | advance | ameliorate | amend | better | boost | brief | bring forward | bring up | broaden the mind | catechize | civilize | coach | cultivate | demonstrate | develop | direct | discipline | drill | edify | elevate | emend | enhance | enlighten | enrich | explain | fatten | favor | forward | foster | give instruction | give lessons in | go straight | ground | guide | illumine | improve | improve upon | inculcate | indoctrinate | inform | instruct | lard | lift | make an improvement | meliorate | mend | nurture | open the eyes | prepare | promote | raise | ready | rear | reeducate | refine upon | reform | school | set right | sharpen the wits | show | show how | socialize | straighten out | teach | teach a lesson | teach the rudiments | train | transfigure | transform | tutor | upgrade | uplift See Also | ameliorate | amend | better | coeducate | co-educate | down | drill | fine-tune | groom | housebreak | improve | instruct | learn | meliorate | polish | prepare | refine | retrain | school | socialise | socialize | sophisticate | teach | toilet-train | train Educate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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