Definition for blackbeard (2 of 2)
Teach
[ teech ]
/ titʃ /
noun
EdwardBlackbeard, died 1718, English pirate and privateer in the Americas.
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Teach
/ (tiːtʃ) /
noun
Edward, known as Blackbeard. died 1718, English pirate, active in the West Indies and on the Atlantic coast of North America
British Dictionary definitions for blackbeard (3 of 3)
teach
/ (tiːtʃ) /
verb teaches, teaching or taught
(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive often foll by how) to help to learn; tell or show (how)to teach someone to paint; to teach someone how to paint
to give instruction or lessons in (a subject) to (a person or animal)to teach French; to teach children; she teaches
(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to cause to learn or understandexperience taught him that he could not be a journalist
Also: teach someone a lesson informal to cause (someone) to suffer the unpleasant consequences of some action or behaviour
Derived Formsteachable, adjective
Word Origin for teach
Old English tǣcan; related to tācen token, Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn sign
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Word Origin and History for blackbeard
teach
Old English tæcan (past tense and past participle tæhte) "to show, point out," also "to give instruction," from Proto-Germanic *taikijanan (cf. Old High German zihan, German zeihen "to accuse," Gothic ga-teihan "to announce"), from PIE *deik- "to show, point out" (see diction). Related to Old English tacen, tacn "sign, mark" (see token). Related: Taught; teaching.
Old English tæcan had more usually a sense of "show, declare, warn, persuade" (cf. German zeigen "to show," from the same root); while the Old English word for "to teach, instruct, guide" was more commonly læran, source of modern learn and lore.
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