with object a person: To establish in a firm position (in controversy, etc.); to ground in (a subject of instruction, etc.); also reflexive to take…

transitive. To instruct (a person) in the fundamental or elementary principles of any branch of study. to be grounded in: to be (well or ill)…

To bring (a person) into the knowledge of something; to initiate; to teach, instruct. Obsolete.

To introduce to a subject or study; to initiate into; to habituate or accustom to. Obsolete.

transitive. To introduce the knowledge of something to (a person); to begin educating or instructing (a person) in an area of knowledge; to initiate…

To ground or establish in principles; to train, educate, instruct. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. Hence, To initiate in, inure or habituate to any practice; to render inveterate, harden (in wrongdoing). Also, to…

To introduce (to); to initiate (into).

transitive. To admit (a person) with proper introductory rites or forms into some society or office, or to knowledge of or participation in some…

transitive. To ground (a person) in the principles or elements of a subject; to impress with principles of action; to instruct, teach, school…

To instruct in the rudiments of learning; cf. element, n. 14. Obsolete.

to ground.