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instill
Found in thesaurus: bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend, add, enter, insert, infix, introduce, impress, move, strike, affect, drill, fill, make full, fill up
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instill
v.
introduce gradually, infuse; insert slowly in small amounts (also instil)
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Instil
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instill
Verb
1. impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
(synonym) transfuse
(hypernym) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
(hyponym) breathe
2. enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
(synonym) instil
(hypernym) insert, infix, enter, introduce
(derivation) instillation, instillment, instilment
3. produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
(synonym) impress, ingrain
(hypernym) affect, impress, move, strike
(derivation) inculcation, ingraining, instilling
4. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
(synonym) inculcate, infuse
(hypernym) drill
(hyponym) din
(derivation) inculcation, ingraining, instilling
5. fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
(synonym) impregnate, infuse, tincture
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
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instill
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Instill
(v. t.)
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.
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