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instil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb instil has 1 sense
- instil(v = verb.contact) instill - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" is one way to enter, infix, insert, introduce
Derived form noun instilment1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
instil, v.tr. (US instill) (instilled, instilling) (often foll. by into)
1 introduce (a feeling, idea, etc.) into a person's mind etc. gradually.
2 put (a liquid) into something in drops.
1 introduce (a feeling, idea, etc.) into a person's mind etc. gradually.
2 put (a liquid) into something in drops.
Derivative
instillation n. instiller n. instilment n.
Etymology
L instillare (as IN-(2), stillare drop): cf. DISTIL
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