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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forteach en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /fɔː(ɹ)ˈtiːt͡ʃ/
  • /fə(ɹ)ˈtiːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From for- + teach.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unteach; contradict; misteach.
    • The sacred thinges, and holy heasts foretaught. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
forteaches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forteaching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fortaught Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fortaught Tense=Past lexicographic
foreteach alternative lexicographic