instruct
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instruct/ɪnˈstrʌkt/
▶verb
- 1 direct or command.
- 2 teach (someone).
- 3 Brit. authorize (a solicitor or barrister) to act on one's behalf.
■ (of a solicitor) inform (a barrister) about a case.
- 4 give information to.
– origin ME: from L. instruct-, instruere ‘construct, equip, teach’, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.
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