educate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To teach someone over a period of time, especially at a school.

   He was educated at a small village school.

2. 2
   verb

   To give people information so they understand something better.

   The campaign aims to educate the public about healthy eating.

From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.

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