re-educate

British

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

re-education noun

Example Sentences

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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

But we'll begin in a small way to re-educate them with this picture.

From The Ego Machine by Kuttner, Henry

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