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1. Impart gradually
   "Her presence instilled faith into the children";
   - transfuse
    
2. Enter drop by drop
   "instill medication into my eye";
   - instil [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
   - impress, ingrain, engrain
    
4. Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
   - inculcate, infuse
    
5. Fill, as with a certain quality
   - impregnate, infuse, tincture

Derived forms: instills, instilling, instilled

Type of: add, affect, bestow, bring, contribute, drill, enter, fill, fill up, impart, impress, infix, insert, introduce, lend, move, strike

Encyclopedia: Instill