instill

Verb

• fill, as with a certain quality
  • The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
    

• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  • inculcate values into the young generation
    

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
  • Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
    

• enter drop by drop
  • instill medication into my eye
    

• impart gradually
  • Her presence instilled faith into the children
    
  • transfuse love of music into the students
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  impregnate , infuse , tincture , inculcate , impress , ingrain , instil , transfuse