Meaning of EDUCATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ejû`keyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | civilise, civilize, cultivate, develop, prepare, train |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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