instil
/ɪnˈstɪl
/(also instill)
verb (instils, instilling, instilled) [with object]
1Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person’s mind: the standards her parents had instilled into her...
- A strong nationalist belief was instilled in each and every member of the family.
- We know how much, for instance, racism is instilled in people's minds to create divisions.
- It is vital to instill an attitude of fitness at a young age.
Synonyms
inculcate, implant, fix, ingrain, infuse, impress, imprint, introduce;
engender, produce, generate, induce, inspire, promote, foster;
hammer into, drum into, drive into, drill into, din into
imbue, inspire, infuse, inculcate;
brainwash, indoctrinate;
teach
2Put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops: she was told how to instil eye drops...
- The drops are instilled to locally anesthetize the surgical eye and reduce the blink reflex in both eyes.
- The circulating nurse instills tetracaine hydrochloride drops to decrease the burning sensation of the diluted povidone-iodine solution.
- Fluid is instilled around the veins, and they are then illuminated from beneath the skin with a powerful light source.
Synonyms
administer, introduce, add gradually, infuse, inject
Derivatives
instillation
/ noun ...- From Wingate, Dayan learned the importance of surprise, cunning, compassion and the instillation of fear.
- To quantitate the magnitude of neutrophilic lung inflammation, we investigated the cellular profile of BAL fluid of the lungs 24 hours after the intratracheal instillations.
- In 20 healthy volunteers one dose of a 1-percent forskolin solution had no effect, whereas two instillations five minutes apart led to significant decreases in IOP and aqueous flow rate.
instilment
- Goals include approval and instilment of general principles for professional ethics in fields of traditional and folk medicine and healing.
Origin
Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin instillare, from in- 'into' + stillare 'to drop' (from stilla 'a drop').
Rhymes
- overseas Chinese
- overseas experience
- oversee
- overseek
- overseer
- overseer of the poor
- overseership
- overself
- oversell
- oversensible
- oversensitive
- oversensitiveness
- oversensitivity
- over-sentimental
- over-serious
- overset
- oversew
- oversexed
- oversexedness
- overshade
- overshaded
- overshading
- overshadow
- overshadower
- overshake