Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

    It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.

    anerziehen, einimpfen, beibringen

    внуша́тьvnušátʹ, внуши́тьvnušítʹ, вселя́тьvseljátʹ

  2. (transitive)To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

    einflößen

    влива́ть по ка́плеvlivátʹ po káple, влить по ка́плеvlitʹ po káple

    enter drop by drop

Examples

32 sentences
  1. We want to instill a feeling of hope.

  2. We wanted to instill a feeling of hope.

    deWir wollten ein Gefühl der Hoffnung aufsteigen lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We're trying to instill a feeling of hope.

  4. We tried to instill a feeling of hope.

  5. Tom's parents instilled in him a glass-half-full mentality.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature:
to pour in drop by drop:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature:
to pour in drop by drop:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin instillō.

Borrowed from Latin instillō.

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Forms

instills, instilling, instilled, instilled
Base forminstill · to instill
3rd person singularinstills
Present participleinstilling
Past simpleinstilled
Past participleinstilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinstill
he, she, itinstills

Past simpleLesson

all personsinstilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave instilled
he, she, ithas instilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill instill

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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