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instils

instils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of instil.

Meaning of instil

Verb

instil (third-person singular simple present instils, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)

  1. 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

Questions about instils

What is instils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Instils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of instil.

Words near instils in the dictionary

  1. instillment
  2. instillments
  3. instills
  4. instilment
  5. instilments
  6. instils
  7. instimulate
  8. instimulated
  9. instimulates
  10. instimulating
  11. instimulation

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