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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Teach \Teach\ (t[=e]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taught (t[add]t);
p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte,
tahte, AS. t[=ae]cean, imp. t[=ae]hte, to show, teach, akin
to t[=a]cn 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.
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If some men teach wicked things, it must be that
others should practice them. --South.
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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.
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The village master taught his little school.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
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I shall myself to herbs teach you. --Chaucer.
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They have taught their tongue to speak lies. --Jer.
ix. 5.
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Note: 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.
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Syn: To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel;
admonish. See the Note under Learn.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Teaching \Teach"ing\, n.
The act or business of instructing; also, that which is
taught; instruction.
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Syn: Education; instruction; breeding. See Education.
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WordNet Teaching
n 1: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while
still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an
important profession" [syn: instruction, pedagogy]
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: precept, commandment]
3: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching;
activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no
formal education"; "our instruction was carefully
programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education,
instruction, pedagogy, educational activity]

Moby Dictionary
a belief , adage , ana , analects , aphorism , apothegm ,
article of faith , assignment , autodidactic , axiom , belief , byword ,
canon , catchword , chalk talk , charge , coeducational ,
collected sayings , command , commission , credo , creed , cultural ,
current saying , dictate , dictum , didactic , direction , disciplinary ,
discourse , disquisition , distich , doctrine , dogma , edifying ,
educating , educational , educative , enlightening , epigram , exercise ,
exhortatory , exposition , expression , faith , gnome , golden saying ,
harangue , homework , homiletic , homily , hortatory , illuminating ,
informative , initiatory , injunction , instruction , instructive ,
introductory , lecture , lecture-demonstration , lecturing , lesson ,
maxim , moral , moral lesson , morality , moralization , mot , motto ,
object lesson , oracle , order , orthodoxy , phrase , pithy saying ,
preaching , preachment , precept , preceptive , prescript ,
prescription , principle , propaedeutic , proverb , proverbial saying ,
proverbs , recital , recitation , religion , religious belief ,
religious faith , saw , saying , self-teaching , sentence ,
sententious expression , sermon , set task , skull session , sloka ,
stock saying , sutra , system of beliefs , talk , task , tenet , text ,
theology , tradition , tuitionary , verse , wisdom , wisdom literature ,
wise saying , witticism , word , words of wisdom