Defn: Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.
INSTRUCTIVE
In*struct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instructif.]
Defn: Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as,
experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison.
In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope.
— In*struct"ive*ly, adv.
— In*struct"ive*ness, n.
The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle.
INSTRUCTOR In*struct"or, n. Etym: [L., a preparer: cf. F. instructeur.] [Written also instructer.]
Defn: One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
INSTRUCTRESS
In*struct"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
INSTRUMENT
In"stru*ment, n. Etym: [F. instrument, L. instrumentum. See
Instruct.]
1. That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments. All the lofty instruments of war. Shak.
2. A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced;
as, a musical instrument.
Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Ps. cl. 4.
But signs when songs and instruments he hears. Dryden.