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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  educate \ed"u*cate\ ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Educated ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Educating ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p.
     of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to
     educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See
     Educe.]
     To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop
     and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but
     more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to
     expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty,
     etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of;
     to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic
     instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to
     educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
  
     Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify;
          bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Educate \Ed"u*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Educating.] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring
     up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to
     ?ed forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.]
     To bring ??? or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop
     and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but
     more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to
     expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty,
     etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of;
     to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic
     instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to
     educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
  
     Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify;
          bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  educate
       v 1: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters
            better"
       2: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
          world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
          future" [syn: train, develop, prepare]
       3: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate
          your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well
          schooled in poetry" [syn: school, train, cultivate,
          civilize, civilise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 εκπαιδεύω
     2 μορφώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la ēducātus  voc m s)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēducō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: educar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     vb.
     to instruct or train

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la ēducātus  voc m s)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēducō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: educar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la ēducātus  voc m s)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēducō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: educar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Englanti vb.
     1 kouluttaa; sivistää
     2 kasvattaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  educate
     Engelska vb.
     utbilda

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/
  oplei

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/
  تعلّم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  educate //ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet// //ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt// 
  образовам, обучавам, тренирам
  to instruct or train

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  vzdělat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  odnaučit (např. zlozvyku)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  vychovávat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  vzdělávat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  addysgu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  erziehen, ausbilden, bilden 
   see: educating, educated, educates, educated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  heranbilden 
     Synonym: train
  
   see: training, educating, trained, educated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/
  
  μορφώνω, εκπαιδεύω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  educate //ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet// //ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt// 
  kouluttaa, kasvattaa
  to instruct or train

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  educate /edʒukət/
  éduquer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/ 
  1. शिक्षा~प्रदान~करना
        "We have to educate the masses."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/
  naobraziti se, obrazovati, odgajati, odgojiti, učiti, školovati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  educate //ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet// //ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt// 
  啓発, 教える, 教育
  to instruct or train

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  educate /edʒʋkeıt/
  auklėti, mokyti, šviesti
     See also: train
  
     See also: develop
  

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  educate /ˈedjəkeɪt/ 
   1.  kształcić
   2.  pouczać, informować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  educate /edʒukət/
  criar, educar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  educate //ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet// //ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt// //ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt// 
  uppfostra, utbilda
  to instruct or train

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  educate /ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt/
  1. eğitmek ve öğretmek, terbiye etmek, yetiştirmek, talim etmek, okutmak, öğrenim yaptırmak. educated  öğrenim görmüş, tahsilli, aydın. educator  eğitmen, öğretmen.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛdʒəˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛdʒjuˌkeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "educate":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 教育,教化,训练;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 教育;训练,培养

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