educate
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[edit] English
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- (generally jocular) educamate
[edit] 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 suppor, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”), from e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”)
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[edit] Verb
educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)
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to instruct or train
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[edit] External links
- educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- educate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
educate pl.
- feminine form of educato
[edit] Verb
educate
- second-person plural indicative present of educare
- second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
- second-person plural imperative of educare
- feminine plural past participle of educare
[edit] Latin
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ēducāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō
- "bring up ye, rear ye"
- "educate ye, train ye"
- "produce ye"
[edit] Participle
ēducāte
- vocative masculine singular of ēducātus