instil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: instil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for instil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
instil v enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: instill, instil]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.] To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. --Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. --Milton. Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate.