Instruct /(?)/

1. Arranged; furnished; provided. [Obs.]
2. Instructed; taught; enlightened. [Obs.]

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.

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.

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.

   Take her in; instruct her what she has to do.