Both Uses
instill
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- The erasure of individuality would create malleability to discipline; repetitive actions would instill that automatic response for which the services strove.†
Chpt 3. *instill = put into one's mind
- All militaries harden their recruits, instill the basics, and bend young men to their will.†
Chpt 3.
Definitions:
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(1)
(instill) to put ideas, principles, or teachings into one's mind -- typically another's mind over time with repetition
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, instill can reference pouring something (usually medicine) one drop at a time.