Definition of Instructs

1. Noun. (informal) (form of shortened form instructions) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of instruct) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Instructs

1. instruct [v] - See also: instruct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instructs

instructive cases
instructive theory
instructively
instructiveness
instructives
instructological
instructology
instructor
instructors
instructorship
instructorships
instructour
instructress
instructresses
instructrix
instructs (current term)
instrument
instrument flying
instrument landing
instrument landing system
instrument of execution
instrument of punishment
instrument of torture
instrument panel
instrumental
instrumental amusia
instrumental case
instrumental cases
instrumental conditioning
instrumental music

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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