instill

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verb

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  impregnate, infuse, tincture, inculcate, impress, ingrain, instil, transfuse