Hypertext Webster Gateway: "instilled"
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.
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