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Verb instill has 5 senses
- instill, transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
--1 is one way to lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- instill, instil - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
--2 is one way to insert, infix, enter, introduce
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- impress, ingrain, instill - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
--3 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- inculcate, instill, infuse - teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
--4 is one way to drill
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
--5 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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