[ɪnˈstrʌkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way
(e.g: she instructed him to wait)

- teach (someone) a subject or skill
(e.g: he instructed them in the use of firearms)

- (of a client) employ or authorize (a solicitor or barrister) to act on one's behalf
(e.g: he must indicate which of the firms he wishes to instruct)

- give information to (someone)
(e.g: the bank was instructed that the money from the deposit account was now held by the company)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in instruct): from Latin instruct- ‘constructed, equipped, taught’, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’