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Instill

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. transitive

    "It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age."

  2. 2
    fill, as with a certain quality wordnet
  3. 3
    To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. transitive
  4. 4
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions wordnet
  5. 5
    produce or try to produce a vivid impression of wordnet
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  1. 6
    enter drop by drop wordnet
  2. 7
    impart gradually wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin instillō.

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