re·ed·u·cate also re-ed·u·cate (r?-?j??-k?t?)tr.v. re·ed·u·cat·ed, re·ed·u·cat·ing, re·ed·u·cates also re-ed·u·cat·ed or re-ed·u·cat·ing or re-ed·u·cates 1. To instruct again, especially in order to change someone’s behavior or beliefs.2. To retrain (a person) to function effectively; rehabilitate.re·ed?u·ca?tion n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.re-educate vb (tr) to teach or show (someone) something new or in a different way ?re-edu?cation nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014re-educatePast participle: re-educatedGerund: re-educatingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativere-educatere-educatePresentI re-educateyou re-educatehe/she/it re-educateswe re-educateyou re-educatethey re-educatePreteriteI re-educatedyou re-educatedhe/she/it re-educatedwe re-educatedyou re-educatedthey re-educatedPresent ContinuousI am re-educatingyou are re-educatinghe/she/it is re-educatingwe are re-educatingyou are re-educatingthey are re-educatingPresent PerfectI have re-educatedyou have re-educatedhe/she/it has re-educatedwe have re-educatedyou have re-educatedthey have re-educatedPast ContinuousI was re-educatingyou were re-educatinghe/she/it was re-educatingwe were re-educatingyou were re-educatingthey were re-educatingPast PerfectI had re-educatedyou had re-educatedhe/she/it had re-educatedwe had re-educatedyou had re-educatedthey had re-educatedFutureI will re-educateyou will re-educatehe/she/it will re-educatewe will re-educateyou will re-educatethey will re-educateFuture PerfectI will have re-educatedyou will have re-educatedhe/she/it will have re-educatedwe will have re-educatedyou will have re-educatedthey will have re-educatedFuture ContinuousI will be re-educatingyou will be re-educatinghe/she/it will be re-educatingwe will be re-educatingyou will be re-educatingthey will be re-educatingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been re-educatingyou have been re-educatinghe/she/it has been re-educatingwe have been re-educatingyou have been re-educatingthey have been re-educatingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been re-educatingyou will have been re-educatinghe/she/it will have been re-educatingwe will have been re-educatingyou will have been re-educatingthey will have been re-educatingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been re-educatingyou had been re-educatinghe/she/it had been re-educatingwe had been re-educatingyou had been re-educatingthey had been re-educatingConditionalI would re-educateyou would re-educatehe/she/it would re-educatewe would re-educateyou would re-educatethey would re-educatePast ConditionalI would have re-educatedyou would have re-educatedhe/she/it would have re-educatedwe would have re-educatedyou would have re-educatedthey would have re-educatedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011