1. To teach; to inform the mind; to educate; to impart knowledge to one who was destitute of it. The first duty of parents is to instruct their children in the principles of religion and morality.
3. She being before instructed by her mother, said, give me here the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Matthew 14:8 .
4. To direct or command; to furnish with orders. The president instructed his envoy to insist on the restitution of the property.
5. To inform; to advise or give notice to. On this question the court is not instructed.
6. To model; to form; to prepare. [Not used.]
