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re-educate

re-educate is the alternative spelling of reeducate.

Meaning of reeducate

Verb

reeducate (third-person singular simple present reeducates, present participle reeducating, simple past and past participle reeducated)

  1. (transitive) To educate or teach again, especially in order to remove bad practices.
  2. (transitive) To rehabilitate.

Forms of re-educate

third-person singular presentre-educates
present participlere-educating
past participlere-educated
pastre-educated

Questions about re-educate

What is re-educate the alternative spelling of?
Re-educate is the alternative spelling of reeducate.

Words near re-educate in the dictionary

  1. re-edited
  2. re-editing
  3. re-edition
  4. re-editions
  5. re-edits
  6. re-educate
  7. re-educated
  8. re-educates
  9. re-educating
  10. re-education
  11. re-education camp

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