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English
Alternative forms
- (generally jocular) educamate
Etymology
< Latin educatus, past participle of educare (“to bring up (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentive of educere, past participle eductus (“to bring up, rear (a child, usually with reference to bodily nurture or suppor, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”) < e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”)
Pronunciation
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Verb
to educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)
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External links
- educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- educate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian
Adjective
educate pl.
- Feminine form of educato.
Verb
educate
- second-person plural indicative present of educare
- second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
- second-person plural imperative of educare
- feminine plural past participle of educare
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