Definition of educate

"educate" in the verb sense

1. educate

give an education to

"We must educate our youngsters better"

2. train, develop, prepare, educate

create by training and teaching

"The old master is training world-class violinists"

"we develop the leaders for the future"

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

"Cultivate your musical taste"

"Train your tastebuds"

"She is well schooled in poetry"

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Quotations for educate

To form a brave man, educate boldly. [ Richter ]

Heaven and earth, advantages and obstacles, conspire to educate genius. [ Fuseli ]

To educate the intelligence is to enlarge the horizon of its desires and wants. [ Lowell ]

Never educate a child to be a gentleman or lady alone, but to be a man, a woman. [ Herbert Spencer ]

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us? [ Mrs. Sigourney ]

I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her too learned. [ Niebuhr ]

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

To educate a man is to form an individual who leaves nothing behind him; to educate a woman is to form future generations. [ E. Laboulaye ]

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The wise man is the State. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Mothers! endeavor to educate your daughters; tram them up to be faithful, grateful, dutiful daughters, and they will not fail to be excellent wives and mothers. [ Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey ]

I am persuaded that music is designed to prepare for heaven, to educate for the choral enjoyment of Paradise, to form the mind to virtue and devotion, and to charm away evil and sanctify the heart to God. [ Legh Richmond ]

When God will educate a man, he compels him to learn bitter lessons; He sends him to school to the necessities rather than to the graces, that by knowing all suffering he may know also the eternal consolations. [ Celia Burleigh ]

educate in Scrabble®

The word educate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters educate:

EDUCATE
(90 = 40 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word educate

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In educate

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educate in Words With Friends™

The word educate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters educate:

EDUCATE
(107 = 72 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

educate

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word educate

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In educate

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Words within the letters of educate

2 letter words in educate (3 words)

3 letter words in educate (17 words)

4 letter words in educate (9 words)

5 letter words in educate (7 words)

7 letter words in educate (1 word)

educate + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving educate

Shorter words in educate

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Longer words containing educate

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