Instil

  • 31Roman Curia — • Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the sovereign pontiff in the government of the Universal Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roman Curia     Roman Curia …

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  • 32confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high …

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  • 33still — The adjective still ‘not moving’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stillja or *stellja, which also produced German still and Dutch stil. It was derived from the base *stel ‘fixed, not moving, standing’ (a variant of which lies behind… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34ἐνστακτέον — one must instil masc acc sg ἐνστακτέον one must instil neut nom/voc/acc sg …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 35initiate — in the sense ‘to instruct (a person) in some piece of knowledge’, has the person as object and not the item of knowledge. You can initiate someone in or into something but you cannot initiate something in or into someone. The correct word for the …

    Modern English usage

  • 36still — The adjective still ‘not moving’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stillja or *stellja, which also produced German still and Dutch stil. It was derived from the base *stel ‘fixed, not moving, standing’ (a variant of which lies behind… …

    Word origins

  • 37instill — verb 1. impart gradually Her presence instilled faith into the children transfuse love of music into the students • Syn: ↑transfuse • Hypernyms: ↑lend, ↑impart, ↑bestow, ↑contribute …

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  • 38Instill — In*still , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.] 1. To drop in; to pour in drop… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39Instilled — Instill In*still , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.] 1. To drop in; to pour… …

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  • 40Instilling — Instill In*still , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.] 1. To drop in; to pour… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English