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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of instilled¹

instill + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Sale, under the heavy influence of fly-half Ford, set up a nervy finish but new Tigers head coach Geoff Parling has instilled a desire to get over the line, which his side did again.

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He liked the fresh, colorful and sensual image that a mango instilled, and the universality of a word recognizable in many languages without translation.

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In economically depressed Roma, Texas, Al Cortinas instilled pride in his students by making them dress up for concerts—and kept a supply of ties on hand for any boy who didn’t own one.

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If anything, those years instilled in me a glowy kind of financial confidence.

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His performances instilled hope and helped me imagine a life beyond my circumstances.

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