instil

Verb
Synonyms: instill

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. enter drop by drop“instill medication into my eye”Synonyms: instill
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

instil \instil\ v. t. same as instill.

Syn: instill. [WordNet 1.5]

Instill \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.]

1.To drop in; to pour in drop by drop. [1913 Webster]

That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

2.Specifically: To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually; to cause to be imbibed. [PJC]

How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands.— Milton.

Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate. [1913 Webster]

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