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1617 L. Digges tr. Claudian Rape Proserpine ii. sig. F2 ^v She Was preinstructed in the mystery.

1646 J. Mayne Serm. Unity 16 A certaine Disciple named Ananias, pre-instructed by Christ in a vision, was sent to him.

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 204 As if Plato had been pre-instructed by men of the same Spirit with the Apostle.

1800 J. Moore Mordaunt I. xx. 246 As Terence well observed, ‘men act better who, being deceived themselves, perform ex animo omnia, ut fert natura, than those who are preinstructed, and perform de industria.’

1869 M. Oliphant Three Brothers xiii, in Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Oct. 195/2 He..had seen through the mother and daughter at a glance; though, to be sure, he had been preinstructed by his acquaintance with Fitzgerald Tracy.

1934 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 47 332 Crack! crack! was heard as he beat on a dry hide with a stick.., while that lady was preinstructed to scream whenever he struck the hide, which she did with a vengeance.

1972 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 23 301 You might believe that the subjects were actually collaborators of the experimenter, preinstructed as to how to play.

1998 Def. Counsel Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 455 The judge preinstructs the jury at the beginning of the trial.