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instil

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Plain form
instil

Third-person singular
instils

Past tense
instilled

Past participle
instilled

Present participle
instilling

  1. If you instil a quality into a person, you establish it and cause it to become part of their behavior.
  2. If you instil a liquid, you pour it drop by drop.