Educate

Verb

 * 1) To instruct or train.

Synonyms

 * instruct
 * teach

Derived terms

 * educative
 * co-educate

Related terms

 * education
 * educator
 * educable
 * educatable

Thesaurus
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

Alternative forms

 * educamate

Etymology
< educatus:, past participle of educare:, frequentive of educere:, past participle eductus: < e: + ducere:

Translations

 * Albanian: arsimoj, edukoj
 * Bengali:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido: edukar
 * Italian: ,


 * Kurdish:, perwerde kirin, fêr kirin, elimandin, hîn kirin, terbiye dan
 * Russian:,  обучить ,  ,    (bring up, raise)
 * Scottish Gaelic: foghlaim, ionnsaich, teagaisg
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: elimisha
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: addysgu

Adjective
educate



Verb
educate


 * 1) second-person plural indicative present of educare
 * 2) second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
 * 3) second-person plural imperative of educare
 * 4) feminine plural past participle of educare