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[ɪnˈstɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person's mind
(e.g: the standards her parents had instilled into her)
- put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops
(e.g: she was told how to instil eye drops)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in instil): from Latin instillare, from in- ‘into’ + stillare ‘to drop’ (from stilla ‘a drop’)
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