Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lesson"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lesson \Les"son\ (l[e^]s"s'n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[,c]on
lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read,
collect. See {Legend}, and cf. {Lection}.]
1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or
learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a
pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
2. That which is learned or taught by an express effort;
instruction derived from precept, experience, observation,
or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a
lesson in drawing.`` A smooth and pleasing lesson.''
--Milton.
Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind. --Chaucer.
3. A portion of Scripture read in divine service for
instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
4. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
--Sir. P.
Sidney.
5. (Mus.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational
purpose; a study.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lesson \Les"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessoned} (-s'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Lessoning}.]
To teach; to instruct. --Shak.
To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson
happier men, and shame at least the bad. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lesson
n 1: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
2: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to
make an example of him" [syn: {example}, {deterrent
example}, {object lesson}]
3: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the
story is to love thy neighbor" [syn: {moral}]
4: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for
today"
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