English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin instillō.
Pronunciation[edit]
instill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
- To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
- To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
Translations[edit]
to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- Bulgarian: внушавам (bg) (vnušavam)
- 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)
- Scottish Gaelic: teagaisg
- Spanish: inculcar (es), insuflar (es)
- Swedish: ingjuta (sv)
- Turkish: aşılamak (tr)
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