re-educate

British

verb

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

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re-education

noun

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re-educate

"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

She said: "Teachers are now having to develop their own resources to re-educate boys who are being brainwashed online by his deeply toxic messaging."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023

We also get to re-educate the world on why Black history is so important to all sectors on this planet, without bashing anyone around the head with it.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

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

From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2022

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 Emile Coué

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