For he had neither ship, instruct with oares,
Nor men to fetch him from those stranger shores.

Who ever by consulting at thy shrine
Return’d the wiser, or the more instruct
To flye or follow what concern’d him most,
And run not sooner to his fatal snare?

Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture.

What a dishonour’s this, to me, to have so Dull a Father, that needs to be instructed in his Duty.

1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 156, 14 September, 1751, in Volume 5, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 177,
[…] the design of tragedy is to instruct by moving the passions,

Usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise"

The doctor instructed me to keep my arm immobilised and begin physiotherapy.

Observing that the Christ Child’s nose was running, she deftly wiped it; then she held the handkerchief in place, while instructing him to “blow.”

If you're not careful, I'm going to instruct a solicitor over this.

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