Meaning of INSTILL
| Pronunciation: | | in'stil
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | impregnate, impress, inculcate, infuse, infuse, ingrain, instil, tincture, transfuse |
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| | See Also: | | add, affect, bestow, breathe, bring, contribute, din, drill, enter, fill, fill up, impart, infix, insert, introduce, lend, make full, move, strike | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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