Dictionary entry

Unteach

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un‐teach″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.]

1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.

Experience will unteach us. Sir T. Browne.

One breast laid open were a school

Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. Byron.

2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. Dryden.