INSTRUCT

a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Arranged; furnished; provided. [Obs.] "He had neither ship instruct with oars, nor men." Chapman.

2.
a.

Instructed; taught; enlightened. [Obs.] Milton.

3.
v.

To put in order; to form; to prepare. [Obs.] They speak to the merits of a cause, after the proctor has prepared and instructed the same for a hearing. Ayliffe.

4.
v.

To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline. Schoolmasters will I keep within my house, Fit to instruct her youth. Shak.

5.
v.

To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury. She, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8. Take her in; instruct her what she has to do. Shak.

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