instill
English
WOTD – 16 November 2008
Alternative forms
- instil UK
Verb
instill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
- To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
- It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
- To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
Translations
to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
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