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instill

English

  1. 🔊 enter drop by drop
    “instill medication into my eye”
  2. 🔊 impart gradually
    “Her presence instilled faith into the children”
  3. 🔊 teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
    “inculcate values into the young generation”
  4. 🔊 fill, as with a certain quality
    “The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”
  5. 🔊 produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
    “Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 instilar to instill
  2. 🔊 inculcar to instill, inculcate (in), drum (review to establish memorization)

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