(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it. (FORMAL)
The family has ~ed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation...
‘Go and have a word with her, Ken,’ Webb ~ed...
I want you to ~ them that they’ve got three months to get the details sorted out.
VERB: V n to-inf, V with quote, V n that, also V n with quote
2.
Someone who ~s people in a subject or skill teaches it to them.
He ~ed family members in nursing techniques.
VERB: V n in/on n, also V