instil

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

instil (third-person singular simple present instils, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)

  1. Alternative spelling of instill
    • 1922, Edward Frederic Benson, Miss Mapp, page 70:
      her only real object in this call had been to instil a general uneasiness into Diva’s mind about the coal strike

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