[ɪnˈstɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person's mind
(e.g: the standards her parents had instilled into her)

- put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops
(e.g: she was told how to instil eye drops)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in instil): from Latin instillare, from in- ‘into’ + stillare ‘to drop’ (from stilla ‘a drop’)