“teacheth” is a form of
teach
/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ verb, noun, proper noun
Forms teaches teaching taught teachest taughtest teacheth
- verb (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. “Can you teach me to sew? Can you teach sewing to me?”
- verb (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. “She used to teach at university.”
- verb (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
- verb (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action. “I'll teach you to make fun of me!”
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. “‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.”
- noun (informal, usually as a term of address) teacher
- proper noun (slang) Nickname for a teacher. “I'm not in trouble again, am I, Teach?”
- proper noun A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as Edward Teach, Thatch, or Tack.
Synonyms
educate instruct Edward Teach Thatch Edward Thatch Blackbeard learn
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.
Clipping of teacher.
Possibly a variant of Thatch or Tack.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.
- verb To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class. "He taught his disciples." Mark ix. 31.
- verb To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
Etymology [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t, imp. t, to show, teach, akin to tacn token. See Token.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “teach”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details