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

See Instructor.

Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible. Bacon.

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.

Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison. In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope. -- In*struct"ive*ly, adv. -- In*struct"ive*ness, n. The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle.

One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

To instruct amiss.

Wrong or improper instruction.

To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.

To instruct anew.

To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5.

Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquary times." Shak.

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

e and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii. 12.

r a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction, drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variously called home reserve…

mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.