taught

verb

• To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

  "‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven."

• (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

  "Can you teach me to sew?  Can you teach sewing to me?"

• To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

  "She used to teach at university."

• (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
• (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

  "I'll teach you to make fun of me!"