instruct : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: instruct	by the DICT Development Group
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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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Instruct \Instruct"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Instruct \Instruct"\, 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.