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(ɪnstɪl)
Word forms: instills, instilling, instilledregional note: in BRIT, use instil
transitive verb
If you instill an idea or feeling in someone, especially over a period of time, you make them think it or feel it.
The tough thing is trying to instill a winning attitude in the kids.
Synonyms: introduce, implant, engender, infuse More Synonyms of instill

instill in American English

(ɪnˈstɪl) or inˈstil (ɪnˈstɪl)
verb transitiveWord forms: inˈstilled or inˈstilling
1. 
to put in drop by drop
2. 
to put (an idea, principle, feeling, etc.) in or into little by little; impart gradually
Derived forms
instillation (ˌinstilˈlation)
noun
instiller (inˈstiller)
noun
instillment (inˈstillment)
noun or inˈstilment
Word origin
MFr instiller < L instillare < in-, in + stillare, to drop < stilla, a drop

Examples of 'instill' in a sentence
instill

There was a happy unselfconsciousness about it, and it seemed to instill that quality in those who grew up there.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1992)
How could he undo a lifetime of training and instill the kind of pride his standards demanded?
Bart Davis DESTROY THE KENTUCKY (1992)
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