reeducate

[ ree-ej-oo-keyt ]

/ riˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /

to educate again, as for new purposes.

to educate for resumption of normal activities, as a disabled person.

to rehabilitate or reform through education, training, political indoctrination, etc.

Origin of reeducate

First recorded in 1800–10; re- + educate

re·ed·u·ca·tion, noun re·ed·u·ca·tive, adjective

Few communities have the resources to offer meaningful programs that try to re-educate offenders.

Justice for Rihanna |Linda Fairstein |June 22, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
I returned to the store disheartened at first, but after a time my courage revived, and I resolved to re-educate myself.

Peter Parley's Own Story |Samuel G. Goodrich
Rehabilitate, reconstruct, re-educate—these are familiar terms in this hour of stress and world conflict.

Five Lectures on Blindness |Kate M. Foley
We must therefore retrace our steps and re-educate the bowel systematically to empty itself at a certain time every day.

The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) |W. Grant Hague

We respect the religious convictions of the masses; we know how to re-educate the masses.

The New World of Islam |Lothrop Stoddard
But we'll begin in a small way to re-educate them with this picture.

The Ego Machine |Henry Kuttner

re-educate

to teach or show (someone) something new or in a different way

re-education, noun