unteach

2 definitions found

unteach - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unteach \Un*teach"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.]
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     1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to
        disbelieve what has been taught.
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              Experience will unteach us.           --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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              One breast laid open were a school
              Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or
              rule.                                 --Byron.
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     2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been
        learned. --Dryden.
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unteach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unteach
      v 1: cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he
           or she had learned earlier
      2: cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or
         methods"