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educate

Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/

The English word “educate” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To instruct or train.

adjective

  1. educated

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 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…

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