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n. (person) | 1. blackbeard, edward teach, edward thatch, teach, thatch | an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718). |
| ~ buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. |
v. (communication) | 2. instruct, learn, teach | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ train, educate, prepare, develop | create by training and teaching.; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
| ~ indoctrinate | teach doctrines to; teach uncritically.; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples" |
| ~ drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ catechise, catechize | give religious instructions to. |
| ~ reinforce, reward | strengthen and support with rewards.; "Let's reinforce good behavior" |
| ~ spoonfeed | teach without challenging the students.; "This professor spoonfeeds his students" |
| ~ induct | introduce or initiate.; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession" |
| ~ mentor | serve as a teacher or trusted counselor.; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring" |
| ~ tutor | be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction.; "She tutored me in Spanish" |
| ~ unteach | cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier. |
| ~ unteach | cause to unlearn.; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods" |
| ~ ground | instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject. |
| ~ lecture, talk | deliver a lecture or talk.; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ coach, train | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports.; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew" |
| ~ edify, enlighten | make understand.; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" |
| ~ condition | establish a conditioned response. |
v. (change) | 3. teach | accustom gradually to some action or attitude.; "The child is taught to obey her parents" |
| ~ accustom, habituate | make psychologically or physically used (to something).; "She became habituated to the background music" |
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