instilled

[ in-stild ]

adjective

1. infused slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings:

   In some regions of the world, culturally instilled values are an enduring barrier to achieving sustainability.

2. put into something drop by drop:

   Where a patient reacts to the instilled eye medication with dilation of the pupils, it could suggest Horner's syndrome.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of instill ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of instilled¹

instill + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

“Even when I was playing against him, I wanted to show him the heart and passion he instilled in me,” said Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott, a USC star who went on to face Robinson’s Rams teams as a centerpiece of the San Francisco 49ers’ defense.

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The value of good marketing was instilled in her during her Nickelodeon days.

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It was the one team my dad instilled in me when I was growing up.

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His father, a tailor, “instilled in him and his brother a sense of pride in appearance,” while his mother, an entrepreneur, inspired him to start his own shoe-shining business as a child, according to Legacy.com.

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“When this president came and started to talk about Mexican culture, he instilled in us the greatness of our race,” Morales said.

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