Middle English Dictionary Entry

instructen v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To tell (sb. sth.), inform (sb.); instruct(ed in (of, with), having knowledge of (sth.), informed about; (b) to teach (sb.); ben instruct(ed in (with), be taught (chivalry), receive instruction in (a religion, a faith); (c) instruct(ed in, learned in (a field or subject), versed in, expert in; (d) to give (sb.) orders or instructions; (e) to provide a model for (one's life).