prepare (v)
groom (v)
train (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def educate for a future role or function
examples He is grooming his son to become his successor
The prince was prepared to become King one day
They trained him to be a warrior
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Verb Group train, prepare; train, develop, prepare, educate; discipline, train, check, condition
Hypernym educate
Derivationally related form train → trainee; train → trainer; train → training
Derivationally related form groom → grooming
Derivationally related form prepare → preparative; prepare → preparation
Derivationally related form prepare → preparatory
Hyponym qualify, dispose
Incoming links
Derivationally related form preparative → prepare; preparation → prepare
Derivationally related form preparatory → prepare
Derivationally related form grooming → groom
Derivationally related form training → train; trainee → train; trainer → train
Hypernym qualify, dispose
Verb Group train, prepare; train, develop, prepare, educate; discipline, train, check, condition
Hyponym educate

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