instill

instill
    v 1: impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the
         children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
         [syn: {instill}, {transfuse}]
    2: enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn:
       {instill}, {instil}]
    3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
       tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn:
       {impress}, {ingrain}, {instill}]
    4: teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;
       "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn:
       {inculcate}, {instill}, {infuse}]
    5: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures
       the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: {impregnate}, {infuse},
       {instill}, {tincture}]
    

Instill \In*still"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in-
   in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller.
   See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.]
   1. To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.
      [1913 Webster]

            That starlight dews
            All silently their tears of love instill. --Byron.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Specifically: To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the
      mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually;
      to cause to be imbibed.
      [PJC]

            How hast thou instilled
            Thy malice into thousands.            --Milton.

   Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate;
        insinuate.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "instill":
      beat into, besprinkle, brainwash, breathe, brew, catechize, color,
      condition, decoct, dredge, dye, engrave, entincture, etch, flavor,
      grave, imbrue, imbue, implant, impregnate, impress, imprint,
      inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inoculate,
      inscribe, inseminate, leaven, penetrate, permeate, pervade,
      program, saturate, season, stamp, steep, suffuse, temper, tincture,
      tinge, transfuse