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lessoned

lessoned is the simple past and past participle of lesson.

Meaning of lesson

Verb (1)

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

  1. (archaic) To instruct to teach.
    • And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 107

Verb (2)

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

  1. To give a lesson to; to teach.
    • her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee
      Made her companion, and her lessoned
      In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Forms of lessoned

comparativemore lessoned
superlativemost lessoned

Words formed from lessoned

Questions about lessoned

What is lessoned the simple past and past participle of?
Lessoned is the simple past and past participle of lesson.

Words near lessoned in the dictionary

  1. lesson
  2. lesson horse
  3. lesson horses
  4. lesson plan
  5. lesson plans
  6. lessoned
  7. lessoner
  8. lessoners
  9. lessoniaceous
  10. lessoning
  11. lessonings

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