Unteach

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"
       [also: {untaught}]