lessonverb/ˈlɛs.ən/

• 1

  archaicTo 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!

lessonnoun/ˈlɛs.ən/

• 1

  A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

  • In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
• 2

  A learning task assigned to a student; homework.

• 3

  Something learned or to be learned.

  • Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
• 4

  Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

  • I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
  • The accident was a good lesson to me.
• 5

  A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

  • Here endeth the first lesson.
• 6

  A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

  • She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
  • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
• 7

  entertainmentlifestylemusicAn exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

lessonverb/ˈlɛs.ən/

• 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.
  • To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.