instil
verb /ɪnˈstɪl/
/ɪnˈstɪl/
(British English) (North American English instill)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they instil | /ɪnˈstɪl/ /ɪnˈstɪl/ |
| (North American English) present simple I / you / we / they instill | /ɪnˈstɪl/ /ɪnˈstɪl/ |
| he / she / it instils | /ɪnˈstɪlz/ /ɪnˈstɪlz/ |
| (North American English) he / she / it instills | /ɪnˈstɪlz/ /ɪnˈstɪlz/ |
| past simple instilled | /ɪnˈstɪld/ /ɪnˈstɪld/ |
| past participle instilled | /ɪnˈstɪld/ /ɪnˈstɪld/ |
| -ing form instilling | /ɪnˈstɪlɪŋ/ /ɪnˈstɪlɪŋ/ |
- to gradually put an idea or attitude into somebody's mind; to make somebody feel, think or behave in a particular way over a period of time
- instil something (in/into somebody) to instil confidence/discipline/fear into somebody
- instil somebody with something His father instilled him with a desire to fight injustice and corruption.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally meaning to drop a substance into something as liquid drops): from Latin instillare, from in- ‘into’ + stillare ‘to drop’ (from stilla ‘a drop’).