instilled
Use Instilled in a sentence
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used with object)
1.
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child.
2.
to put in drop by drop.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To instilled
00:10
Instilled
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
instil or instill (ɪnˈstɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -stils, -stills, -stilling, -stilled | |
| 1. | to introduce gradually; implant or infuse |
| 2. | rare to pour in or inject in drops |
| [C16: from Latin instillāre to pour in a drop at a time, from stillāre to drip] | |
| instill or instill | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from Latin instillāre to pour in a drop at a time, from stillāre to drip] | |
| in'stiller or instill | |
| —n | |
| in'stilment or instill | |
| —n | |
| in'stillment or instill | |
| —n | |
| instil'lation or instill | |
| —n | |
| instil or instill (ɪnˈstɪl) | |
| —vb , -stils, -stills, -stilling, -stilled | |
| 1. | to introduce gradually; implant or infuse |
| 2. | rare to pour in or inject in drops |
| [C16: from Latin instillāre to pour in a drop at a time, from stillāre to drip] | |
| instill or instill | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from Latin instillāre to pour in a drop at a time, from stillāre to drip] | |
| in'stiller or instill | |
| —n | |
| in'stilment or instill | |
| —n | |
| in'stillment or instill | |
| —n | |
| instil'lation or instill | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
instill
1533, "to introduce (feelings, etc.) little by little," from L. instillare "put in by drops," from instillare "to drop, trickle," in- "in" + stilla "a drop." (see distill).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
instill in·still (ĭn-stĭl')
v. in·stilled, in·still·ing, in·stills
To pour in drop by drop.
in'stil·la'tion (ĭn'stə-lā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
My upbringing had instilled in me a desire to live rationally and safely.
Further complicating the prospects for central control, the police who once instilled terror have melted away.
She maintained that knowledge is nothing unless you know how to share it and instilled that into my beliefs and actions.
Both an actor and director, he instilled his productions with a visual inventiveness and a deeply probing perceptiveness.
Matching Quote
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
