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UNTEACH
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Irregular inflected form: untaught
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "unteach" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to unlearn
Example:
teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "unteach" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Cause:
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
