About The Word Instill
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Instill
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What's The Definition Of Instill?
[v] fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
[v] teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions [v] make a deep and indelible impression on someone [v] enter drop by drop, as of medication into an eye [v] impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" Synonyms | Synonyms for Instill: impregnate | impress | inculcate | infuse | infuse | ingrain | instil | tincture | transfuse Related Terms | Find terms related to Instill: beat into | besprinkle | brainwash | breathe | brew | catechize | color | condition | decoct | dredge | dye | engrave | entincture | etch | flavor | grave | imbrue | imbue | implant | impregnate | impress | imprint | inculcate | indoctrinate | infiltrate | infix | infuse | inoculate | inscribe | inseminate | leaven | penetrate | permeate | pervade | program | saturate | season | stamp | steep | suffuse | temper | tincture | tinge | transfuse See Also | add | affect | bestow | breathe | bring | contribute | din | drill | enter | fill | fill up | impart | infix | insert | introduce | lend | make full | move | strike Instill In Webster's Dictionary \In*still"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in-
in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller.
See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.]
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart
gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.
That starlight dews All silently their tears of love
instill. --Byron.
How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands.
--Milton.
Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate;
insinuate.
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