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Definition
to put ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind
- 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.2.1 — Book 2 Chapter 1 — Tom's "First Half" (28% in)
- 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.3.3 — Book 3 Chapter 3 — The Family Council (11% in)
There are no more uses of "instill" in The Mill on the Floss.
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