'Unteach' definitions:
Definition of 'unteach'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
verb
Cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods"
Definition of 'Unteach'
From: GCIDE
- Unteach \Un*teach"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught. [1913 Webster]
- Experience will unteach us. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]