Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Instill

Instill , transitive verb

[Latin instillare, instillatum; pref. in- in + stillare to drop, from stilla a drop: compare French instiller. See Distill.]

1.
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.
That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. — Byron
2.
To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually; to cause to be imbibed.
How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. — Milton