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educate
/ˈedʒʊkeɪt/ verb [T]Definition
TEACH › to teach someone at a school or college: [often passive] She was educated at the Perse School.
GIVE INFORMATION › to give people information about something so that they understand it better: This is part of a campaign to educate people about the dangers of smoking.
(Definition of educate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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