Definition of instructing:
(v) :
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
(v) :
(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
(v) :
(transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
(adj) :
(obsolete) Instructed; taught; enlightened.
(adj) :
(obsolete) Arranged; furnished; provided.
(n) :
(obsolete) Instruction.