educate English · revision 15076

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1447|origins=la dūcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈedʒ.ʊ.keɪt/, /ˈed.jʊ.keɪt/, US /ˈedʒ.ʊ.keɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|educaten]], [[bor|la|ēducātus]], the past participle of [[m|la|ēducō|t=to bring up, rear, educate]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) related to the verb behind [[educe]], formed from [[m|la|ex-|t=out]] and [[m|la|dūcō|t=to lead]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*deuk-|t=to lead]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To bring up children, to train: 1447 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The specific sense to instruct, to provide schooling, is first recorded in 1588, in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The OED also has rearing children or animals by feeding and care (1607) and bringing up the young so as to form their habits (1618).^(OED 1989) Training the intellect and moral powers in general is from 1849,^(OED 1989) and training animals from 1850.^(OED 1989) Education is from 1531, in Elyot, for the rearing of children.^(Barnhart 1988) Educationist is from the 19th century and earlier than educationalist.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1447 – to bring up, train.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1531 – education.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1588 – to provide schooling.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1607 – to rear children.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – to train the mind.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give knowledge or training to, especially by schooling; to [[teach]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To provide schooling for children.^(Collins 2023)

+ # To train for a particular purpose or occupation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To inform; to bring to an understanding of something.^(AHD)

+ # To improve or develop a person's taste or judgment.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[educatee]]

+ * [[education]]

+ * [[educative]]

+ * [[educatory]]

+ * [[miseducate]]

+ * [[overeducate]]

+ * [[reeducate]]

+ * [[undereducate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[educe]]

+ * [[duke]]

+ * [[duct]]

+ * [[conduct]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}