instillationn.
/ɪnstɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The action of instilling; introduction (of a liquid) drop by drop; †the liquid thus instilled.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > instilled liquid
instillation1608
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] > action or process of putting in by drops
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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 144 The instillation of this Crocodile, foulded vp in the wooll of a blacke Sheepe of the first birth..hath power to driue away a quartan Ague.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §5. 359 He doth it, not by instillation, but by infusion.
1742 C. Perry in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 49 Upon the Instillation of Spirit of Vitriol, it deposited a Milk-white greasy Sediment.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 47/1 Let them slumber..in their sunny orchards, without the instillation of that fatal poison.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 483 Notwithstanding the repeated instillation of eserine drops, the pupil was fully dilated from the action of atropine.
2. The action of instilling or gradually introducing some feeling, notion, or principle into the mind, soul, or heart; infusion; also, something thus instilled, an insinuation.
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society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun]
infusionc1450
insinuationa1530
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indoctrinating1642
implantation1653
instilling1659
imbuement1693
inoculation1761
instilment1773
indoctrinization1887
indoctrination1950
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 290 Bie the instillation of Godde..reconciliation and concorde forthwith ensewed.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxviii. 363/2 His eare euer opened vnto the instillations of Parasites.
1884 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 22 Dec. 664/1 The painting is thorough, with full instillation of the spirit of the scene portrayed.
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