v.
- direct or command.
- teach (someone).
- Brit. authorize (a solicitor or barrister) to act on one's behalf.
▸(of a solicitor) inform (a barrister) about a case.
- give information to.
Etymology
ME: from L. instruct-, instruere ‘construct, equip, teach’, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.