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instil

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɪl/

(also instill)

Definition of instil

[with object]

1gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person’s mind:the standards her parents had instilled into her

2put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops: she was told how to instil eye drops

Derivatives

late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin instillare, from in- 'into' + stillare 'to drop' (from stilla 'a drop')

Double the l when adding endings which begin with a vowel to words which end in a vowel plus l (as in travel): (instils, instilling,instilled).

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