instill

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instill Definition

• (v) impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
• (v) enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
• (v) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
• (v) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
• (v) fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

instill Synonyms

• impregnate
• impress
• inculcate
• infuse
• ingrain
• instil
• instill
• tincture
• transfuse