Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unteach"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unteach \Un*teach"\, v. t. [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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"


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