instill
verbUK, US /ɪnˈstɪl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin instillō.
1
To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
- It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
2
To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
- Derived terms
- instillment, reinstill, uninstilled
- Related terms
- indoctrinate, infuse, inculcate