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 isinstilled .
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
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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
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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
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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
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Imagine the nerve of that bloody minded Abe, calling for volunteers just because a US military instillation was shelled jefft452 says:
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Imagine the nerve of that bloody minded Abe, calling for volunteers just because a US military instillation was shelled
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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
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The renovations, which include an extension and the instillation of areas of FieldTurf, were expected to be completed in time for fall practice.
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Third, perhaps even that instillation was not enough.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Third, perhaps even that instillation was not enough.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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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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