educate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: educate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for educate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
educate v give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" Synonym(s): train, develop, prepare, educate teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" Synonym(s): educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Educate \Ed"ucate\, 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.