preinstruct

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ instruct.

Verb

preinstruct (third-person singular simple present preinstructs, present participle preinstructing, simple past and past participle preinstructed)

1. (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

• preinstruction

References

• “preinstruct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.