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unteach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unteach has 2 senses
- unteach(v = verb.communication) Array - cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier; Array is one way to instruct, learn, teach
- unteach(v = verb.communication) Array - cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods" is one way to instruct, learn, teach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
CIDE DICTIONARY
unteach, v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.].
- To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught. [1913 Webster]"Experience will unteach us." [1913 Webster]"One breast laid open were a school
Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule." [1913 Webster] - To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unteach, v.tr. (past and past part. untaught)
1 cause (a person) to forget or discard previous knowledge.
2 remove from the mind (something known or taught) by different teaching.
1 cause (a person) to forget or discard previous knowledge.
2 remove from the mind (something known or taught) by different teaching.
ROGET THESAURUS
unteach
Misteaching
VB misinform, misteach, misdescribe, misinstruct, miscorrect, misdirect, misguide, pervert, put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail, deceive, mislead, misrepresent, lie, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, propagandize, disinform, render unintelligible, bewilder, mystify, unteach, propagandist.
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