'Instil' definitions:
Definition of 'instil'
(from WordNet)
verb
Enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: instill, instil]
Definition of 'instil'
From: GCIDE
- instil \instil\ v. t. same as instill.
- Syn: instill. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'instil'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]