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Definition

to put ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind

Much more rarely, instill can reference pouring something (usually medicine) one drop at a time.

His time in the army instilled him with confidence and discipline.

instilled = put in one's mind (ideas, principles, or teachings)

Her parents instilled the lesson that it is more important to be a good person than to be a successful person.

instilled = put into another's mind (ideas, principles, or teachings)

Her presence instilled faith into the children

instilled = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)

The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

instill = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)

A code that would instill discipline, restrain passion, and order his steps.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

instill = put ideas, principles, or teachings into other's minds

According to his family, in his quiet, private way, Phil was a deeply religious man, carrying a faith instilled in him by his parents.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

instilled = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)

He tried to instill some military training in me, but always sweetened it with candy.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- Fever, 1793

instill = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)

After a couple of years, the Captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

instilled = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)

No matter how much fear and suspicion he instilled in the players, Sam Westing knew that greed would keep them playing the game.
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game

instilled = put (into other's minds)

instill medication into my eye
As we tried to instill in each of our subjects over and over,WICKED is good.
James Dashner -- The Death Cure
No one had instilled into him this love for Pierre whom he saw only occasionally.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
I now attribute my vain desire to my education, which had instilled in me the splendid and reckless belief that everything can be explained.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
I'll train the girl, teach her how to protect herself and instill in her how to control the magic of Air.
Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
I hate him for instilling awful things in my memory and somehow making me grieve for him in the midst of all the awful.
Colleen Hoover -- Hopeless
He instills confidence in his troops.
Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
It was she who instilled theatre in all of us.
Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
An attempt to instill order into a world gone wrong.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
That interview instilled In Meme the same feeling of bravery that she had felt on the drunken evening.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
They instilled in their children and grandchildren that same love of country and a spirit of optimism.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

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