instil

(present participle instilling, past tense and past participle instilled) UK (US instill)

/ɪnˈstɪl/ verb [T]

Definition

› to make someone have a particular feeling or idea: He's a manager with great skill at instilling confidence in/into his players.

(Definition of instil verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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