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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lesson
    n 1: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
    2: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to
       make an example of him" [syn: example, deterrent example,
       lesson, object lesson]
    3: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story
       is to love thy neighbor" [syn: moral, lesson]
    4: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for
       today"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lesson \Les"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lessoned (-s'nd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Lessoning.]
   To teach; to instruct. --Shak.
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         To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,
         Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.
                                                  --Byron.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lesson \Les"son\ (l[e^]s"s'n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[,c]on
   lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read,
   collect. See Legend, and cf. Lection.]
   1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or
      learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a
      pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
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   2. That which is learned or taught by an express effort;
      instruction derived from precept, experience, observation,
      or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a
      lesson in drawing." A smooth and pleasing lesson."
      --Milton.
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            Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind. --Chaucer.
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   3. A portion of Scripture read in divine service for
      instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
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   4. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
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            She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
                                                  --Sir. P.
                                                  Sidney.
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   5. (Mus.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational
      purpose; a study.
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Thesaurus Results for Lesson:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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