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educate.

To instruct or train.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt//ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt//ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/General-American/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌkeɪt/General-American
  1. To instruct or train.

    transitive
    Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
Where this word comes from

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.

adj
  1. educated

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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