What is the meaning of educate?

Give an education to.
- usage: "We must educate our youngsters better"
Create by training and teaching.
- usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
- synonyms: train, develop, prepare
Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.
- usage: "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- synonyms: school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

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