INSTRUCT Copy link • INSTRUCTTo teach, etc., erudire: formare (denote education as an ideal good, and as a part of human improvement; erudire, generally, and as far as it frees from ignorance; formare, specially, and as far it prepares anybody in a particular sphere and for a particular purpose, and gives the mind a bent thereto): instituere (denotes education as a tangible good, in order to qualify for a particular employment): ☞ instruere = “to furnish with what is necessary,” must be used carefully: artes, etc., quibus instruimur ad usum forensem, etc., Cic.: Petronius, has instruimur juvenes praeceptis; Quint., aliquem scientiā alicujus rei. To give directions to an agent, etc., mandare alicui (with ut, ne, etc., or relative clause): aliquem edocere, quae agat. Vid: “to give INSTRUCTIONS.” .