“educates” is a form of
educate
/ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ verb, adjective
Forms educates educating educated educamate edumacate
- verb (transitive) To instruct or train. “Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.”
- adjective (obsolete) educated
Synonyms
instruct teach train develop prepare school cultivate civilize civilise
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.
From Middle English educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten), borrowed from Latin ēducātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to Educe.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “educate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details