instilled

verbimplant, introduce

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verb implant, introduce

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Word Origin & History

also instil, early 15c., "to introduce (liquid, feelings, etc.) little by little," from Latin instillare "put in by drops, to drop, trickle," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + stilla "a drop" (see distill). Related: Instilled; instilling.

Example Sentences for instilled

It was she who had instilled some ambition into him, and he esteemed her the more for it.

Some poison must have been instilled into his veins; he could not recognize himself.

The tenderness, the devotedness of his mother had instilled into him an egotism that was ferocious.

Orthodoxy had instilled a formal, but often spiritless faith.

Demagogues had not instilled in the minds of the ignorant that to be governed was to be oppressed.

His trainer's words had instilled a drop of poison into his cup.

No one had instilled into him this love for Pierre whom he saw only occasionally.

The hardships of the frontier had instilled into her endurance.

He will sting you if he can: you cannot blame him; you yourself have instilled the venom.

A deep fear, instilled in him for eight years, throbbed in his mind.

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