Both Uses of
instill
in
The Mill on the Floss
- With the same unerring instinct Mr. Stelling set to work at his natural method of instilling the Eton Grammar and Euclid into the mind of Tom Tulliver.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- Mrs. Glegg had on her fuzziest front, and garments which appeared to have had a recent resurrection from rather a creasy form of burial; a costume selected with the high moral purpose of instilling perfect humility into Bessy and her children.†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
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(instill) to put ideas, principles, or teachings into one's mind -- typically another's mind over time with repetition