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To teach, train, tell, or order.

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  • In the year of this mémoire, the master dyers of Lyon petitioned to have Gonin instruct them, as he had taught the dyers of Rouen some years earlier.
  • So, this book does not really set out to instruct, which is a great disappointment.
  • The new FDA labels instruct physicians to screen patients for kidney disease before administering the agents.
  • Precautions in the current labels instruct users to wash their hands after using the product and to cover the treated skin with clothing.
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