educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
had educated
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past perfectof educate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“Many of the women couldn’t even pronounce the word ‘mammogram,’ and some confused mammograms with having breast cancer because no one had educated them,” Weaver says.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2021
Oliver said that he believes his father’s intention was to entrust his music to the sons he had educated about the music business, but wishes that his father had better explained his thinking.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2021
For a woman who had left school early she had educated tastes.
From BBC ● May 23, 2020
The Dick School had educated generations of Dubois County residents in rural Jasper from 1892 to 1951.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2020
He remembered the aged necromancer who had educated him—who had educated him with animals.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
