instill
Verbs
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(v) impart gradually
- Her presence instilled faith into the children
- transfuse love of music into the students
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(v) enter drop by drop
- instill medication into my eye
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(v) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
- Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
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(v) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- inculcate values into the young generation
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(v) fill, as with a certain quality
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide