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Educate form in hours (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nourish

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'educate' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how one could define the other.

'form in hours' is the wordplay.
'form' indicates anagramming the letters (a different form of the same letters).
'in'+'hours'='inhours'
'inhours' is an anagram of 'NOURISH'.

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(Other definitions for nourish that I've seen before include "Feed and foster" , "encourage growth" , "Feed, sustain" , "Foster or cherish, often with food" , "Provide with sustenance for growth" .)

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