educate

== English == === Alternative forms === (generally jocular) educamate (generally jocular) edumacate === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ (non-yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet/ Hyphenation: ed‧u‧cate ==== Verb ==== educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated) (transitive) To instruct or train. Synonyms: instruct, teach Antonym: ignorize ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== educate (comparative more educate, superlative most educate) (obsolete) educated === Further reading === “educate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “educate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Adjective === educate f pl feminine plural of educato === Verb === educate inflection of educare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative feminine plural past participle == Latin == === Verb === ēducāte second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō === Participle === ēducāte vocative masculine singular of ēducātus == Spanish == === Verb === educate second-person singular voseo imperative of educar combined with te