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instillation|ɪnstɪˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. instillātiōn-em, n. of action from instillāre to instil.]
1. The action of instilling; introduction (of a liquid) drop by drop; † the liquid thus instilled.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 695 The instillation of this Crocodile, folded up in the Wooll of a black Sheep of the first birth..hath power to drive a quartane Ague. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. xiv. §5 (1622) 359 He doth it, not by instillation, but by infusion. 1742Perry in Phil. Trans. XLII. 49 Upon the Instillation of Spirit of Vitriol, it deposited a Milk-white greasy Sediment. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 II. 47 Let them slumber..in their sunny orchards, without the instillation of that fatal poison. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 483 Notwithstanding the repeated instillation of eserine drops, the pupil was fully dilated from the action of atropine.
transf. and fig.1750Johnson Rambler No. 72 ⁋1 Petty qualities..make the draught of life sweet or bitter by imperceptible instillations. 1752Ibid. No. 207 ⁋11 The instillations of this frigid opiate.
2. The action of instilling or gradually introducing some feeling, notion, or principle into the mind, soul, or heart; infusion; also, something thus instilled, an insinuation.
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 290 Bie the instillation of Godde..reconciliation and concorde forthwith ensewed. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xxxviii. (1632) 396 His eare euer opened vnto the instillations of Parasites. 1884Bazaar 22 Dec. 664/1 The painting is thorough, with full instillation of the spirit of the scene portrayed. |