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instilment|ɪnˈstɪlmənt| [f. instil v. + -ment.] The action of instilling; infusion.
1773in Johnson ed. 4 [misquoting Shakes. Ham. i. v. 64, where the word is distilment.] 1826Margravine of Anspach Mem. I. iii. 81 Mr. Foster was remiss in his instilments of these moral and religious principles. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. xx. (1879) 248 The instilment thereof into her mind. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 71 Persuasion, the instilment of conviction. |