instill

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin stīlla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin stīllō Latin instillōbor. English instill Borrowed from Latin instillō.

1. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

   “It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.”

2. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.