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re-educate

British  

verb

  1. to teach or show (someone) something new or in a different way

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Now we know that the donated blood stem cells re-educate the recipient animal's immune system to not only accept the donated islets, but also not attack its healthy tissues, including islets," Kim said.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

Farrell attended World Rugby's tackle school before this year's Six Nations, to re-educate banned players on the importance of tackling lower for safety, but former Scotland Andy Nicol said the fly-half "has not learned anything".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2023

Local authorities later stepped up efforts to track, control and re-educate Uyghurs.

From Reuters Jul. 15, 2022

“I love it … to be able to compare it back and basically kind of re-educate, or educate people for the first time, of Babe Ruth,” Stevens said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2021

This remark is of capital importance, and explains why results are so unsatisfactory when, in treating moral ailments, one strives to re-educate the will.

From Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile

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