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educate

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educate in WordNet English dictionary

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