Instill
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 fill, as with a certain quality wordnet
- 3 To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. transitive
- 4 teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions wordnet
- 5 produce or try to produce a vivid impression of wordnet
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- 6 enter drop by drop wordnet
- 7 impart gradually wordnet
Example
More examples"We must instill patriotism into the young people of today."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin instillÅ.