teach · Contextualize

Etymology

From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.

derived from *deyḱ-✻ — “to show”
inherited from *taikijaną✻ — “to show”
inherited from *taikijan✻
inherited from tǣċan — “to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”
inherited from techen

Definitions

1
To pass on knowledge to.
- Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?
2
To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession
To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
- She used to teach at university.
3
To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
- In Episode 3, Gia incorporates very distinct and strong gestures as she teaches Havelock the phrase, "Unte kowlting gut, to pochuye ke?" ("And everything will be okay, understand?")
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1. 4
  To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
  - I'll teach you to make fun of me!
2. 5
  To show (someone) the way
  To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
  - ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.
  - c1450, Mandeville's Travelsː Blessed God of might (the) most.. teach us the right way unto that bliss that lasteth aye.
  - c1460, Cursor Mundiː Till thy sweet sun uprose, thou keptest all our lay, how we should keep our belief there taught'st thou us the way.
3. teacher
4. 7
  Nickname for a teacher.
  - I'm not in trouble again, am I, Teach?
5. A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as…
  A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as Edward Teach, Thatch, or Tack.

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Derived

co-teach, don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks, don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep, don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs, forteach, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, home teach, pre-teach, reteach, teachable, teach away, teacher, teacherly, teach grandma how to suck eggs, teach-in, teaching, teach-out, teach out, teach school, teach someone a lesson, teach someone who's the boss, teach the controversy, teach to read and write, teach to the test, teach who's boss, teach who's the boss, that'll teach someone, unteachable, you can't teach an old dog new tricks

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at teach. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at teach. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at teach

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.