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educate
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)
- 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
- feminine plural of educato
Verb
educate
- second-person plural indicative present of educare
- second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
- second-person plural imperative of educare
- feminine plural past participle of educare
Latin
Verb
?duc?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?duc?
Participle
?duc?te
- vocative masculine singular of ?duc?tus
educate From the web:
- what educated means
- what educated person should know
- what does it mean to educated
tend
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).
Verb
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
- (law, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. [from the mid-14th c.]
- (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
Usage notes
- In sense 2, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- tendency
Related terms
- tense
- tension
- tent
- intend
Translations
See also
- be given to
Etymology 2
From Middle English tenden, by apheresis of attenden (“to attend”). More at attend.
Alternative forms
- 'tend (obsolete)
Verb
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
- (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]
- To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
- 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend.
- 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
- (obsolete) To await; to expect.
- (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
- (transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
Synonyms
- (to look after): care for, minister to, nurse, see to, take care of
- (to accompany as an assistant): guard, look after, watch
- (to wait upon): See also Thesaurus:serve
- (to await): See also Thesaurus:wait for
- (to be attentive to): attend to
- (to manage when the tide turns):
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ?tendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijan? (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to ignite”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder.
Alternative forms
- teend, tende, tind, tinde, teen
- teind, tynd, tynde, tine (Scotland)
Verb
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
Derived terms
- atend, attend
Translations
Further reading
- tend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tend at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Dent, dent
Albanian
Alternative forms
- dend
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tend-, from Proto-Indo-European *ten-d- (“to distend; draw, stretch (out)”). Cognate to Latin tendo (“to stretch (out), strain”). Present dendë with assimilation of the anlaut.
Verb
tend (first-person singular past tense denda, participle dendë)
- to stuff, cram, to compress
Related terms
- dynd
- trys
References
French
Verb
tend
- third-person singular present indicative of tendre
Anagrams
- dent
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