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instill
1. impart gradually - Her presence instilled faith into the children - transfuse love of music into the students • Syn: transfuse • Hypernyms: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring • Hyponyms: breathe • Verb Frames: - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something - Somebody ----s something to somebody 2. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions - inculcate values into the young generation • Syn: inculcate, infuse • Derivationally related forms: instilling, inculcation (for: inculcate) • Hypernyms: drill • Hyponyms: din • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP 3. produce or try to produce a vivid impression of - Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us • Syn: impress, ingrain • Derivationally related forms: instilling, impressive (for: impress) • Hypernyms: affect, impress, move, strike • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something PP 4. enter drop by drop - instill medication into my eye • Syn: instil • Derivationally related forms: instilment (for: instil), instillment, instillation, instillator • Hypernyms: insert, infix, enter, introduce • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP 5. fill, as with a certain quality - The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide • Syn: impregnate, infuse, tincture • Derivationally related forms: infusion (for: infuse) • Hypernyms: fill, fill up, make full • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something
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