Definition of "instructs" []

• Shortened form of instructions (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instruct. (verb)

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• "• Never use a hotter iron than a label instructs without carefully testing it first in an inconspicuous area to be sure that the fabric will not scorch, glaze, or melt."
• "Some of her advice may seem hard to swallow: Don't multitask, for one, and, as the title instructs us, don't read email in the morning."
• "Specifically, I am thinking about the blue feather incident, where the reluctant Messiah of the title instructs our POV character, his equally reluctant disciple, on the principles of visualisation."