instill

English

WOTD – 16 November 2008

Alternative forms

(UK) instil

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin instillō.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɪl/
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Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

instill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
(transitive) To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

Synonyms

Translations

to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature

Bulgarian: внушавам (bg) (vnušavam)
Catalan: suscitar (ca), inculcar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 灌輸 / 灌输 (zh) (guànshū)
Czech: vštípit
Dutch: bijbrengen (nl)
Finnish: iskostaa, juurruttaa
French: inculquer (fr)
German: einimpfen (de), beibringen (de)
Greek: ενσταλάζω (el) (enstalázo)
Italian: suscitare (it), inculcare (it), instillare (it)
Latin: indō
Polish: wpajać impf, wpoić pf
Portuguese: inculcar (pt), instilar
Romanian: insufla (ro)
Russian: внуша́ть (ru) impf (vnušátʹ), внуши́ть (ru) pf (vnušítʹ), вселя́ть (ru) impf (vseljátʹ), всели́ть (ru) pf (vselítʹ), привива́ть (ru) impf (privivátʹ), приви́ть (ru) pf (privítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: teagaisg
Spanish: inculcar (es), insuflar (es)
Swedish: ingjuta (sv)
Turkish: aşılamak (tr)

to pour in drop by drop

Bulgarian: вливам на капки (vlivam na kapki)
Czech: nakapat, vkapat
Finnish: valuttaa (fi), tiputtaa (fi)
French: instiller (fr)
German: einflößen (de)
Manx: sheel
Polish: wkraplać (pl) impf, wkroplić (pl) pf
Russian: влива́ть по ка́пле impf (vlivátʹ po káple), влить по ка́пле pf (vlitʹ po káple)
Spanish: instilar (es)
Turkish: damlatmak (tr), damla damla akıtmak