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"text": "Usage note: \"instruct\" is less forceful than \"order\", but weightier than \"advise\""
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"ref": "1989, John Irving, chapter 5, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine, published 1997, page 195",
"text": "Observing that the Christ Child’s nose was running, she deftly wiped it; then she held the handkerchief in place, while instructing him to “blow.”",
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"ref": "1989, John Irving, chapter 5, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine, published 1997, page 195",
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"word": "لقَّن"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "teach, give instruction",
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