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Webster 1828 Edition


Misteaching

MISTE'ACHING

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ppr.
Instructing erroneously.

Definition 2024


misteaching

misteaching

English

Verb

misteaching

  1. present participle of misteach

Etymology 2

From misteach + -ing.

Noun

misteaching (plural misteachings)

  1. Wrong, false, or incorrect teaching.
    • 1850, George Moody, The English journal of education:
      Still, the qualification for admission to the Reformatory will be the commission of some crime; there is nothing to protect children from the misteaching of parents.
    • 1905, New outlook - Volume 81 - Page 933:
      A second attempt was made by presenting to the Bishops specific charges of misteaching supported by citations from Mitchell's book, "The World Before Abraham."