Dictionary entry

Lesson (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Les″son, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lessoned (–s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Lessoning.] To teach; to instruct. Shak.

To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,

Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad. Byron.