instill
/ɪnˈstɪl/
verb
- To gradually introduce a feeling, idea, or principle into someone's mind.
- Good teachers instill a love of learning in their students.
- The coach's speeches instill confidence in the team before every game.
- Her parents worked hard to instill honesty and kindness in her from a young age.
- To put a liquid into something drop by drop.
- The chemist showed how to instill the solution into the test tube without spilling.
- You should gently instill the medicine using the dropper provided.
- The nurse will instill the eye drops directly into the patient's eye.