educate
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt//
- United States//ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌkeɪt//
- //ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt//
- //ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt//
To instruct or train.
verb
- 1
To instruct or train.
Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
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 suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteeducated
Etymology
From Middle English educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten), borrowed from Latin ēducātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Forms
- comparative
- more educate
- superlative
- most educate
- past tense
- educated
- past participle
- educated
- present participle
- educating
- third person singular
- educates