instil
/ɪnˈstɪl/
instil verb: australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
Verb
instil (third-person singular simple present instils, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
- Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
- her only real object in this call had been to instil a general uneasiness into Diva’s mind about the coal strike1922, Edward Frederic Benson, Miss Mapp, page 70
- "If we do not instil public confidence in the system, I fear the public will lose confidence and even fewer people will travel by rail."2020 October 21, “Network News: Labour reiterates demand for full public ownership”, in Rail, page 7
instil meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
instil in Tamil
- உள்ளுறு
instil in Urdu
- چوانا, ڈالنا, پلانا, ذہن نشین کرنا
instil in Malayalam
- ഇറ്റിറ്റുവീഴിക്കുക, മനസ്സിൽ ക്രമേണ കടത്തുക, തുള്ളിതുള്ളിയായി ഒഴിക്കുക, പ്രബോധിപ്പിക്കുക
Forms of instil
| third-person singular present | instils |
|---|---|
| present participle | instilling |
| past participle | instilled |
| past | instilled |
Words formed from instil
Words that rhyme with instil
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
Questions about instil
- What does instil mean?
- Instil means australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
- What is instil in Tamil?
- Instil in Tamil is உள்ளுறு. See Instil meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is instil?
- Instil is a verb.
- How do you pronounce instil?
- Instil is pronounced /ɪnˈstɪl/.
- What is the past tense of instil?
- The past tense of instil is instilled.
Words near instil in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: instil (page history and authors); instil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instil (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instil (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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