Meaning

1 senses

  1. To teach incorrectly.

Origin

From Middle English mistechen, from Old English mistǣċan (“to teach amiss, teach falsely”)

From Middle English mistechen, from Old English mistǣċan (“to teach amiss, teach falsely”), equivalent to mis- + teach.

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Forms

misteaches, misteaching, mistaught, mistaught
Base formmisteach · to misteach
3rd person singularmisteaches
Present participlemisteaching
Past simplemistaught
Past participlemistaught

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisteach
he, she, itmisteaches

Past simpleLesson

all personsmistaught

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mistaught
he, she, ithas mistaught

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misteach

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmisteaching

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mistB2mistakeA2mistakenlymistermistletoemistranslation
misteach — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto