Hypertext Webster Gateway: "educate"
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) 1.7 (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; as of taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds";
"She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {school}, {train},
{cultivate}, {civilize}, {civilise}]
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