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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryed·u·cate \ˈe-jə-ˌkāt\ verb (-cat·ed ; -cat·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, to rear, from Latin educatus, past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth — more at educe DATE 15th centurytransitive verb1. a. to provide schooling for chose to educate their children at home b. to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession2. a. to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction b. to provide with information : inform educating themselves about changes in the industry3. to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way educate the public to support our positionintransitive verb: to educate a person or thingSynonyms: see teachEnglish Etymologyeducate mid-15c., from L. educatus, pp. of educare "bring up, rear, educate," which is related to educere "bring out," from ex- "out" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Meaning "provide schooling" is first attested 1588 in Shakespeare.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ educateedu·cate / 5edVukeit / verb1. [VN] [often passive] to teach sb over a period of time at a school, university, etc. (在学校)教育: She was educated in the US. 她是在美国受的教育。 He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford. 他先在地方综合学校然后在牛津大学接受教育。 2. ~ sb (in / on sth) to teach sb about sth or how to do sth 教导；教养；训练: ▪ [VN] Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking. 有必要对儿童进行吸毒危害的教育。 ▪ [VN to inf] The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment. 这一运动旨在教育公众爱护环境。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb Synonyms: TEACH, discipline, instruct, school, train Related Words: cultivate, nurture; brief, explain, informWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgeded·u·cate\ˈejəˌkāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English educaten, from Latin educatus, past participle of educare to rear, bring up, educate, from e- + -ducare (from ducere to lead) — more at towtransitive verb1. obsolete : to bring up (as a child or animal) : rear2. a. : to develop (as a person) by fostering to varying degrees the growth or expansion of knowledge, wisdom, desirable qualities of mind or character, physical health, or general competence especially by a course of formal study or instruction : provide or assist in providing with knowledge or wisdom, moral balance, or good physical condition especially by means of a formal education < more things than a formal schooling serve to educate a man > < educate their children by tutors > < educated rather by wide experience than by books > < the poverty of the institutions which educate her mind and her body — Virginia Woolf > : provide with formal schooling < educated at a prep school and then at college > b. : to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a trade, skill, or profession < educates physically handicapped children for useful work — American Guide Series: Michigan > < educate a dog to sit up and beg > < felt that he needed to educate himself more before he could understand the larger machines the factory operated > c. : to provide with information : inform < can … educate himself as to the most desirable attributes of the good field-trial dog — W.F.Brown b. 1903 > d. : to bring about an improvement in or refinement of < one of the most important arenas for the exercise of intelligence, in purging and educating our values — P.W.Bridgman > < psychoanalysis has educated our sensibilities — Abram Kardiner >3. a. : accustom < the absence of an accustomed stimulant to which she had educated his nerves — Francis Hackett > b. (1) : to condition or persuade to feel, believe, or react in a particular way by providing with often selective information or knowledge < spent some time trying to educate the club membership to place more responsibility and trust in the club officers > < educate stockholders and keep them eager to support the companies they own — Time > < educate people to call the police without hesitation — V.A.Leonard > < furniture manufacturers … put on a national drive to educatepeople to desire homes that are more attractive and livable — N.C.Brown > (2) : to make willing to accept (as by providing with knowledge, information, or experience) — used with in or to < educating the leaders in the wisdom of a change — L.S.B.Leakey > < people of the world are more educated to international organization — André Schenker > < educate the Filipinos to the necessity of giving blood — Irene Kuhn >4. : to make (as a person) competent in the handling of or in dealing with by preparation, discipline, or expansion of knowledge or competence — used with to and a secondary object < a greater moral perceptiveness and a will educated to a new social responsibility — Lucius Garvin >5. a. : to remove (as from a person's makeup) by education — used with out of < the fundamental preference for one's own race and breed neither is wholly educated into one nor can be wholly educated out of one — Katharine F. Gerould > < educate bad manners out of a child > b. : to raise (as to a higher social or cultural level) by education < educating underprivileged children up to a better level of opportunity >intransitive verb: to educate a person, a thing, or a group < the belief that a teacher should confine himself to educating and avoid proselytizing >Synonyms: see teach

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