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instil, instill, v.|ɪnˈstɪl|
[ad. L. instillāre to put in by drops, f. in- (in-2) + stillāre to drop: cf. F. instiller (16th c. in Hatz.).]
1. trans. To put in by drops; to introduce drop by drop or in small quantities.
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccclxiv, Instyll into the eare the oyle of bitter Almons. 1601Holland Pliny xx. xvii. 66 The juice..dropped or instilled into the head, is good for the paines thereof. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 416 Michael..from the Well of Life three drops instill'd. 1745Needham Microsc. Disc. iii. 26 Then instilling two or three Drops of Water into the Concave Object-Glass. 1891J. Jacobs Ess. & Rev., J. H. Newman 144 A poem's impressiveness, one might say, depends on the number of heart's drops instilled into it. 1900Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 204. 258 It would be as well to instil eserine before the patient left the hospital.
2. To introduce (some immaterial principle, notion, feeling, or quality) little by little into the mind, soul, heart, etc.; to cause to enter by degrees; to infuse slowly or gradually; to insinuate.
1533Frith Answ. More Wks. (1573) 166/2 As a faythfull preacher by the worde doth instill it into vs by our eares and hearing. 1538Latimer Rem. (1845) 392 Some instilled into him that..he should have suffered afterward for treason. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 269 How hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands. 1670Walton Lives iii. 160 Instilling into his Soul the seeds of Piety. 1796E. Hamilton Lett. Hindoo Rajah II. 248 These qualities are so carefully instilled at the seminaries of female education. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles 3 Right notions, to be instilled most effectively, must be instilled in childhood.
†b. To teach or urge assiduously or stealthily.
1660Milton Brief Notes Serm. ⁋1 The humour of returning to our old Bondage, was instill'd of late by some Deceivers. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) i. Introd., It wholesomely instils the advantages of frugality.
†3. To imbue with. Obs. rare—1.
1644Milton Educ. Wks. (1847) 99/1 Flattery and court⁓shifts, and tyrannous aphorisms appear to them the highest points of wisdom; instilling their barren Hearts with a conscientious slavery.
Hence instilled |-ˈɪld| ppl. a., inˈstilling vbl. n.
1659Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 101 The instilling thereof into the peoples knowledge by little and little. 1736Berkeley Disc. Magistr., etc. Wks. III. 430 Bias to good from early principle or instilled opinion. |
