preinstruct
English
Etymology
Verb
preinstruct (third-person singular simple present preinstructs, present participle preinstructing, simple past and past participle preinstructed)
- (transitive) To instruct previously; to preteach.
- 1662, Henry More, The Defence of the Moral Cabbala:
- as if Plato had been pre-instructed by men of the same Spirit with the Apostle
Related terms
References
- “preinstruct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.