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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb instill has 5 senses

• instill(v = verb.possession) transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
is one way to add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• instill(v = verb.contact) instil - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
is one way to enter, infix, insert, introduce
Derived forms noun instillation₁, noun instillation₂, noun instillator₁, noun instillment₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• instill(v = verb.cognition) impress, ingrain - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Derived form noun instilling₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

• instill(v = verb.cognition) inculcate, infuse - teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
is one way to drill
Derived form noun instilling₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• instill(v = verb.change) impregnate, infuse, tincture - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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THESAURUS

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

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instill

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

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