different between educamate vs educate

English

Verb

educamate (third-person singular simple present educamates, present participle educamating, simple past and past participle educamated)

1. (chiefly humorous) Mistaken form of educate
   • 1996 October 21, "Phase" <[email protected]>, "Re: What is MUD?", rec.games.frp.dnd, Usenet,

     Since I only have a shoddy understanding of the internet, obviously I need to be educated, eh? Educamate me Mr. Man.

   • 1998 August 14, "!Frank" <[email protected]>, "Re: WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THE COSBY KIDS?", rec.arts.tv, Usenet,

     This is not spam, btw. Go to: http://www.spark.org . Educamate yourself.

   • 2005 February 5, "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]", "Re: Resolution was Re: RWW Security was compromised.", microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs, Usenet,

     Well, after the storm in a teacup Susan, I see no reason why a 'password' is not as effective as a 'passphrase'.

     maybe you could educamate me.

   • 2006 December 17, Sancho Panza <[email protected]>, "Re: Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport", alt.abortion, et al., Usenet,

     You're the one calling people stupid. Educamate us.

   • 2007 August 15, "What Me Worry?", "Re: Bad day for rightwingers and it'll get worse, much worse", alt.politics, Usenet,

     "My, my, how little you know about politics."

     Why not educamate us? I can't wait.

   • 2007 October 22, Ophelia <[email protected]>, "Re: Violet [SNUK]", rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st, Usenet,

     But see, ya 'ave to be educamated to un'erston' such poetry!

Related terms

• educamation

Anagrams

• edumacate

English

Alternative forms

• (generally jocular) educamate
• (generally jocular) edumacate

Etymology

From Latin educatus, past participle of educare (“to "bring up or rise up or train or mould or nourish" (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentative of educere, past participle eductus (“to "bring out or lead out or draw out or rear" (a child, usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”), from e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d??ke?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??dj?ke?t/, /??d??ke?t/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?ed??kæet/
• Hyphenation: ed?u?cate

Verb

educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)

1. to instruct or train

   Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

Synonyms

• instruct
• teach

Antonyms

• ignorize

Derived terms

• co-educate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• educate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Adjective

educate f pl

1. feminine plural of educato

Verb

educate

1. second-person plural indicative present of educare
2. second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
3. second-person plural imperative of educare
4. feminine plural past participle of educare

Latin

Verb

?duc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?duc?

Participle

?duc?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?duc?tus