Meaning

noun an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

verb impart skills or knowledge to

verb accustom gradually to some action or attitude

originFrom 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…

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