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Adjective taught has 1 sense

instructed, schooled, taught, tutored - (all used chiefly with qualifiers `well' or `poorly' or `un-') having received specific instruction; "unschooled ruffians"; "well tutored applicants"
Antonym: uneducated (indirect, via educated)

Verb teach has 2 senses

teach, learn, instruct - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
--₁ is one way to inform

Derived forms: noun teacher₁, noun teacher₂, noun teaching₃
Sample sentences:
The parents teach a French poem to the children
The parents teach the children a French poem
teach - accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"
--₂ is one way to habituate, accustom

Derived forms: noun teacher₁, noun teacher₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE