UNTEACH

unteach

(verb) cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier

unteach

(verb) cause to unlearn; “teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unteach (third-person singular simple present unteaches, present participle unteaching, simple past and past participle untaught)

(transitive) To cause someone to unlearn; to make someone forget something they have been taught.

(transitive) To cause something previously learned to be forgotten.

Anagrams

• Cauthen

Source: Wiktionary


Un*teach", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + teach.]

1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught. Experience will unteach us. Sir T. Browne. One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. Byron.

2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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