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educate

/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ verb

In Latin: ēducō Wiktionary

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  1. To instruct or train.
    Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

adjective

  1. educated

Origin

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.

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