instill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: instill	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for instill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
instill v impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" Synonym(s): instill, transfuse enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" Synonym(s): instill, instil produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" Synonym(s): impress, ingrain, instill teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" Synonym(s): inculcate, instill, infuse fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" Synonym(s): impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture
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.