INSTIL


Meaning of INSTIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnstɪl ]

( instils, instilling, instilled)

Note: in AM, use 'instill'

If you instil an idea or feeling in someone, especially over a period of time, you make them think it or feel it.

They hope that their work will instil a sense of responsibility in children...

The motive of the executions would be to instil fear.

VERB : V n in/into n , V n

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