Found 5 hits - Term: taught, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taught \taught\, a.
see taut. --totten.
1913 webster
see also:
taut
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taught \taught\,
imp. p. p. of teach. as. imp. t=aehte, p. p.
get=aeht.
note: see teach.
1913 webster
see also:
teach
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
teach \teach\ t=ech, v. t. imp. p. p. taught taddt;
p. pr. vb. n. teaching. oe. techen, imp. taughte,
tahte, as. t=aecean, imp. t=aehte, to show, teach, akin
to t=acn 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.
1913 webster
if some men teach wicked things, it must be that
others should practice them. --south.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
the village master taught his little school.
--goldsmith.
1913 webster
3. to accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
1913 webster
i shall myself to herbs teach you. --chaucer.
1913 webster
they have taught their tongue to speak lies. --jer.
ix. 5.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
syn: to instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel;
admonish. see the note under learn.
1913 webster
see also:
taught teaching token learn
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
taught
adj : all used chiefly with qualifiers `well' or `poorly' or
`un-' having received specific instruction;
"unschooled ruffians"; "well tutored applicants" syn:
instructed, schooled, tutored
see also:
instructed schooled tutored
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
taught
see teach
see also:
teach
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