instructing

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

struostruct- · Latin · build

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