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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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