instill

//ɪnˈstɪl//
C1Frequency Level 12Formal
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Verb

instillInfinitive
instillPresent tense
instilledPast tense
instilledPast participle
instillingPresent participle
instillsThird-person singular
1

To gradually but firmly establish an idea, attitude, or habit in a person's mind.

Parents try to instill good values in their children from an early age.

2

To put a liquid into something drop by drop.

The nurse carefully instilled the eye drops into the patient's eye.

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