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Webster 1913 Edition

Teach

Teach

(tēch)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Taught
(ta̤t)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Teaching
.]
[OE.
techen
, imp.
taughte
,
tahte
, AS.
tǣcean
, imp.
tǣhte
, to show, teach, akin to
tācn
token. See
Token
.]
1.
To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively;
as, to
teach
arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to
teach
morals.
If some men
teach
wicked things, it must be that others should practice them.
South.
2.
To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies;
as, to
teach
a child or a class
.
“He taught his disciples.”
Mark ix. 31.
The village master
taught
his little school.
Goldsmith.
3.
To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
I shall myself to herbs
teach
you.
Chaucer.
They have
taught
their tongue to speak lies.
Jer. ix. 5.
☞ This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing;
as, he
taught
me Latin grammar
. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject;
as, I was
taught
Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was
taught
me by him
.
Syn. – To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under
Learn
.

Teach

,
Verb.
I.
To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
And gladly would he learn, and gladly
teach
.
Chaucer.
The priests thereof
teach
for hire.
Micah iii. 11.

Webster 1828 Edition

Teach

TEACH

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. taught. [L. doceo; dico, dicto, and both these and the Gr. to show, may be of one family; all implying sending, passing, communicating, or rather leading, drawing.
1.
To instruct; to inform; to communicate to another the knowledge of that of which he was before ignorant.
He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. Is.2.
Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. Luke 11.
2.
To deliver any doctrine, art, principles or words for instruction. One sect of ancient philosophers taught the doctrines of stoicism, another those of epicureanism.
In vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matt.15.
3.
To tell; to give intelligence.
4.
To instruct, or to practice the business of an instructor; to use or follow the employment of a preceptor; as, a man teaches school for a livelihood.
5.
To show; to exhibit so as to impress on the mind.
If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others may practice them.
6.
To accustom; to make familiar.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies. Jer.9.
7.
To inform or admonish; to give previous notice to.
For he taught his disciples, and said--Mark 9.
8.
To suggest to the mind.
For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that same hour what ye ought to say. Luke 12.
9.
To signify or give notice.
He teacheth with his fingers. Prov.6.
10. To counsel and direct. Hab.2.

TEACH

,
Verb.
I.
To practice giving instruction; to perform the business of a preceptor.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire. Mic.3.

TEACH

,
Noun.
In sugar works, the last boiler.

Definition 2024

Teach

Teach

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English

Proper noun

Teach

  1. (slang) Nickname for a teacher.
    I'm not in trouble again, am I, Teach?

Usage notes

  • Disrespectful

Anagrams

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See also: Teach

English

Verb

teach ‎(third-person singular simple present teaches, present participle teaching, simple past and past participle taught)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
    ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.‎
    • c1450, Mandeville's Travelsː
      Blessed God of might (the) most.. teach us the right way unto that bliss that lasteth aye.
    • c1460, Cursor Mundiː
      Till thy sweet sun uprose, thou keptest all our lay, how we should keep our belief there taught'st thou us the way.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter v, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
      So thus within a whyle as they thus talked the nyghte passed / and the daye shone / and thenne syre launcelot armed hym / and took his hors / and they taught hym to the Abbaye and thyder he rode within the space of two owrys
  2. (transitive) To pass on knowledge to.
    Can you teach me to sew?  Can you teach sewing to me?‎
  3. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
    She used to teach at university.‎
  4. (transitive) To cause to learn or understand.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
      The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
    • 2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, in American Scientist:
      Deep Blue taught us a great deal about the power of the human mind precisely because it could not reproduce the intuitive and logical leaps of Kasparov’s mind. A truly synthetic cell, built from scratch or even from preexisting components, will be a cell without ancestry, and it, too, will teach us a great deal about the underlying complexities of life without actually reproducing them.
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (intransitive, to pass on knowledge): learn
Derived terms
Translations

References

Etymology 2

Noun

teach ‎(plural teaches)

  1. (pejorative, informal) teacher

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?] tech n, m, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos ‎(“cover, roof”).

Pronunciation

Noun

teach m ‎(genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

  1. house
    1. habitation, dwelling
    2. public building
    3. structure resembling house

Declension

  • Alternative genitive singular: tighe, toighe
  • Alternative dative singular: toigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teach theach dteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “teaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "teach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “tech, teg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtit͡ʃ/

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