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Instill
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton.
Synonyms: infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate.