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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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