instiller

Variant of instill

or instil

transitive verb instilled, instilling

  1. to put in drop by drop
  2. to put (an idea, principle, feeling, etc.) in or into little by little; impart gradually

Origin: MFr instiller < L instillare < in-, in + stillare, to drop < stilla, a drop

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