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instilled

 
Verb instill has 5 senses
  1. 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
  2. instill, instil - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
    --2 is one way to insert, infix, enter, introduce
    Derived forms: noun instillment1, noun instillation2, noun instillation1, noun instillator1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun instilling1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. inculcate, instill, infuse - teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
    --4 is one way to drill
    Derived form: noun instilling1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  5. 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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