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| English Dictionary: instruct |
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| 3 results for instruct |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- instruct
- v
- impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He
instructed me in building a boat"
Synonym(s): teach, learn, instruct
- give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
- make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
Synonym(s): instruct, apprise, apprize
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Instruct \In*struct"\, a. [L. instructus, p. p. of instruere to
furnish, provide, construct, instruct; pref. in- in, on +
struere. See {Structure}.]
1. Arranged; furnished; provided. [Obs.] [bd]He had neither
ship instruct with oars, nor men.[b8] --Chapman.
2. Instructed; taught; enlightened. [Obs.] --Milton.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Instruct \In*struct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instructed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Instructing}.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Syn: To teach; educate; inform; train; discipline;
indoctrinate; direct; enjoin.
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