to teach a thing: To impart or convey the knowledge of; to give instruction or lessons in (a subject); †to make known, deliver (a message). With…

transitive. To teach. In various constructions. To teach (a person a thing). Also with clause.

To make known, to impart the knowledge of (a thing). Usually with dative of person (or to): To make a thing known to one; to teach one something. Obs…

To impart knowledge of (a subject, doctrine, method of action, etc.); to give instruction in, to teach. transitive. With the thing taught as object…

transitive. To teach (a lesson). Chiefly with the person taught as indirect object. See also to show someone a lesson at lesson, n. phrases 1.

To impart knowledge of (a subject, doctrine, method of action, etc.); to give instruction in, to teach. transitive. Without indirect object. Obsolete.

transitive. To lay down as a precept or rule; to prescribe (something) as a duty. Obsolete.

transitive. To teach (a skill, subject, mode of conduct, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. Cf. to take out 5 at phrasal verbs 1. With direct and indirect object: to teach (a lesson) to (a person). Obsolete.

transitive. Cf. to take forth 3a at phrasal verbs 1. With direct and indirect object: to teach (a lesson) to (a person). Obsolete.

intransitive. transitive. To teach (a subject) in a steady laborious manner; also, to prepare (a pupil) in a subject.