instruct

noun

(obsolete) Instruction.

verb

(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.

(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

(transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.

adjective

(obsolete) Instructed; taught; enlightened.

(obsolete) Arranged; furnished; provided.

Roots

struo-struct · Latin · build

Synonyms for instruct

teachv apprisev educatev advisev informv catechizev notifyv acquaintv warnv enlightenv familiarizev tutorn indoctrinatev

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