'Instill' definitions:
Definition of 'instill'
(from WordNet)
verb
Impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill, transfuse]
verb
Enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: instill, instil]
verb
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn: impress, ingrain, instill]
verb
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse]
verb
Fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture]
Definition of 'Instill'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'instill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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