Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of instilling or of pouring in by drops or by small quantities; the act of infusing or insinuating into the mind.
  • noun That which is instilled or infused.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a liquid that is instilled drop by drop
  • noun the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

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Examples

  • The final part of the instillation is a great heptagonal glass case in a darkened room.

    "There's a shark-shaped fin, in the water of my dreams..." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Also, the gang puts on a fashion "instillation" which is a fashion show for people who only make jeans, and that's where the "model down!" moment from the preveiws happens.

    TVgasm Recaps Staff 2010

  • Also, the gang puts on a fashion "instillation" which is a fashion show for people who only make jeans, and that's where the "model down!" moment from the preveiws happens.

    TVgasm Recaps 2010

  • Imagine the nerve of that bloody minded Abe, calling for volunteers just because a US military instillation was shelled jefft452 says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Politics and Investment Bias 2010

  • Imagine the nerve of that bloody minded Abe, calling for volunteers just because a US military instillation was shelled

    Matthew Yglesias » Politics and Investment Bias 2010

  • When the Scottish government's Council of Economic Advisers released its annual status-check last December, it noted that the previous decade had not been conducive to the instillation of good habits of budgetary discipline. . .

    Green Scot! 2011

  • The renovations, which include an extension and the instillation of areas of FieldTurf, were expected to be completed in time for fall practice.

    Around the Pac-10 Conference 2010

  • Third, perhaps even that instillation was not enough.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Third, perhaps even that instillation was not enough.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And finally an image from a very beautiful film instillation ‘The End’ by Ragnar Kjartansson.

    Jake Scott’s Sundance Guest Blog #3: More News From the Frontier | /Film 2010

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