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taught away

taught away is the simple past and past participle of teach away.

Meaning of teach away

Verb

teach away (third-person singular simple present teaches away, present participle teaching away, simple past and past participle taught away)

  1. In patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.
    • A statement that a particular combination is not a preferred embodiment does not teach away absent clear discouragement of that combination.2007, Bainbridge Lipscomb, Anthony William Deller, Lipscomb's Walker on Patents: Volume 9, page 1034

Questions about taught away

What is taught away the simple past and past participle of?
Taught away is the simple past and past participle of teach away.

Words near taught away in the dictionary

  1. Tauger
  2. Taugers
  3. Taugetus
  4. Taughannock
  5. taught
  6. taught away
  7. taught grandma how to suck eggs
  8. taught grandma to suck eggs
  9. taught someone a lesson
  10. taught someone who was the boss
  11. taught the controversy

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