einflößen

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einflößen (weak, third-person singular present flößt ein, past tense flößte ein, past participle eingeflößt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to feed to; to pour into someone’s mouth
    • 1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, october issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 987:
      Dann kam das Essen, von dem der Impresario dem Hungerkünstler während eines ohnmachtähnlichen Halbschlafes ein wenig einflößte, [...]
      Then came the food, of which the impresario fed a bit to the hunger artist during a faint-like doze,
  2. (figuratively) to inspire with; to fill with
    Angst einflößen(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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