"instill" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈstɪl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-instill.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-instill.wav , en-au-instill.ogg Forms: instills [present, singular, third-person], instilling [participle, present], instilled [participle, past], instilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin instillō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|instillō}} Latin instillō Head templates: {{en-verb}} instill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
  1. (transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature): внушавам (vnušavam) (Bulgarian), suscitar (Catalan), inculcar (Catalan), 灌輸 /灌输 (guànshū) (Chinese Mandarin), vštípit (Czech), bijbrengen (Dutch), iskostaa (Finnish), juurruttaa (Finnish), inculquer (French), einimpfen (German), beibringen (German), ενσταλάζω (enstalázo) (Greek), suscitare (Italian), inculcare (Italian), instillare (Italian), indō (Latin), wpajać [imperfective] (Polish), wpoić [perfective] (Polish), inculcar (Portuguese), instilar (Portuguese), insufla (Romanian), внуша́ть (vnušátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), внуши́ть (vnušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вселя́ть (vseljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), всели́ть (vselítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), привива́ть (privivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приви́ть (privítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), teagaisg (Scottish Gaelic), inculcar (Spanish), insuflar (Spanish), ingjuta (Swedish), aşılamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-instill-en-verb-obBKSuVX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature": 98 2
  2. (transitive) To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. Tags: transitive Translations (to pour in drop by drop): вливам на капки (vlivam na kapki) (Bulgarian), nakapat (Czech), vkapat (Czech), valuttaa (Finnish), tiputtaa (Finnish), instiller (French), einflößen (German), sheel (Manx), wkraplać [imperfective] (Polish), wkroplić [perfective] (Polish), влива́ть по ка́пле (vlivátʹ po káple) [imperfective] (Russian), влить по ка́пле (vlitʹ po káple) [perfective] (Russian), instilar (Spanish), damlatmak (Turkish), damla damla akıtmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-instill-en-verb-qn5Sbl76 Disambiguation of 'to pour in drop by drop': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: impress, ingrain, instil [UK] Related terms: infuse, inculcate

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bijbrengen"
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          "word": "iskostaa"
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
          "word": "inculquer"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
          "word": "einimpfen"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "enstalázo",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
          "word": "suscitare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
          "word": "inculcare"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
          "word": "indō"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "word": "wpajać"
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "roman": "vnušátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "word": "внуша́ть"
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          "word": "внуши́ть"
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          "roman": "vseljátʹ",
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          "word": "вселя́ть"
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          "roman": "vselítʹ",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "roman": "privivátʹ",
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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          "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "instillō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin instillō",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin instillō.",
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    {
      "form": "instills",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "instilling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "instilled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "instilled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "infuse"
    },
    {
      "word": "inculcate"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pour in",
          "pour in"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈstɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-au-instill.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "impress"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingrain"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "instil"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnušavam",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "внушавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "suscitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "inculcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guànshū",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "灌輸 /灌输"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "vštípit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "bijbrengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "iskostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "juurruttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "inculquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "einimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "beibringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enstalázo",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "ενσταλάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "suscitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "inculcare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "instillare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "indō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wpajać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wpoić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "inculcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "instilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "insufla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnušátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "внуша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnušítʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "внуши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vseljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вселя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vselítʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "всели́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privivátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "привива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privítʹ",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приви́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "teagaisg"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "inculcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "insuflar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "ingjuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature",
      "word": "aşılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlivam na kapki",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "вливам на капки"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "nakapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "vkapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "valuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "tiputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "instiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "einflößen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "sheel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wkraplać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wkroplić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlivátʹ po káple",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "влива́ть по ка́пле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlitʹ po káple",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "влить по ка́пле"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "instilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "damlatmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pour in drop by drop",
      "word": "damla damla akıtmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "instill"
}

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