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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Learn \Learn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}, or {Learnt} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen AS leornian akin to OS lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr the root of AS l?ran to teach, OS l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren Goth. laisjan also Goth lais I know leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go go over and hence to learn; cf AS leoran to go . Cf {Last} a mold of the foot, {lore}.] 1. To gain knowledge or information of to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of or skill; as to learn the way to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something ``Learn to do well.'' --Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32. 2. To communicate knowledge to to teach. [Obs.] Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak. Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches.
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