2. Verb. (third-person singular of instruct) ¹
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Definition of Instructs
1. instruct [v] - See also: instruct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instructs
Literary usage of Instructs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""The court instructs the jury that, should they believe from the evidence ...
"The court further instructs the jury, if they should find for the plaintiff ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Emerson exhorts, encourages, instructs; but the attitude of Very is different.
There is a certain sternness in his verse, a flavor of absolutism, ..."
3. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap (1834)
"... his birth place and early occupation—Sully instructs him—he visits Stuart—
Sully's surprise at his great improvement—Successful practice and independent ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... of England is a woman who weekly instructs her class of Sunday-school scholars
from the children in the vicinity of her country residence. CHAPTER VIII. ..."
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