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Webster 1913 Edition
Unlearn
Un-learn′
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ learn
.] 1.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
I had learned nothing right; I had to
unlearn
everything. Milner.
2.
To fail to learn.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unlearn
UNLEARN'
,Verb.
T.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.
Definition 2024
unlearn
unlearn
English
Verb
unlearn (third-person singular simple present unlearns, present participle unlearning, simple past and past participle unlearned or unlearnt)
- (transitive) To discard the knowledge of.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 80:
- It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 80:
- (transitive) To break a habit.
Translations
to discard the knowledge of
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to break a habit
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