instiller

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English

Etymology

From instill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

instiller (plural instillers)

  1. One who instills.
    • 1601, John Marston, What you Will:
      As is th' instiller of divinest love Unchang'd by time immortal maugre death.
    • 1749, Philip Skelton, Ophiomaches: Or, Deism Revealed:
      Never was there such a juggle as was played in my mind, nor so artful an instiller of loose principles, as my Tutor
    • 2012, Simon A. Wood, Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs:
      This faithful advisor or instiller of doubts about the religion states: the religion's goal on earth contradicts the government's goal on earth.
    • 2013, Caroline Cressey, The Bluebell Wood, page 131:
      Whilst many believed that he was only an accessory and had not been involved in any active killing, Major Royale, increasingly through his inebriate haze, believed that this man was the generator, the instiller of planned thoughts, the procreator of violence.
  2. (obsolete) An eyedropper.
    • 1851, “The Great Exhibition”, in The Medical times:
      While on the subject of eye instruments, we must notice Dr. Lewis's instiller for collyria.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

instiller

  1. to instil

Conjugation

Conjugation of instiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple instiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple instillant
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle instillé
/ɛ̃s.ti.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present instille
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instilles
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instille
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instillons
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɔ̃/ 		instillez
/ɛ̃s.ti.je/ 		instillent
/ɛ̃s.tij/
imperfect instillais
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɛ/ 		instillais
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɛ/ 		instillait
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɛ/ 		instillions
/ɛ̃s.tij.jɔ̃/ 		instilliez
/ɛ̃s.tij.je/ 		instillaient
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɛ/
past historic2 instillai
/ɛ̃s.ti.je/ 		instillas
/ɛ̃s.ti.ja/ 		instilla
/ɛ̃s.ti.ja/ 		instillâmes
/ɛ̃s.ti.jam/ 		instillâtes
/ɛ̃s.ti.jat/ 		instillèrent
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɛʁ/
future instillerai
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁe/ 		instilleras
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁa/ 		instillera
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁa/ 		instillerons
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɔ̃/ 		instillerez
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁe/ 		instilleront
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional instillerais
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɛ/ 		instillerais
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɛ/ 		instillerait
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɛ/ 		instillerions
/ɛ̃s.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		instilleriez
/ɛ̃s.ti.jə.ʁje/ 		instilleraient
/ɛ̃s.tij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present instille
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instilles
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instille
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		instillions
/ɛ̃s.tij.jɔ̃/ 		instilliez
/ɛ̃s.tij.je/ 		instillent
/ɛ̃s.tij/
imperfect2 instillasse
/ɛ̃s.ti.jas/ 		instillasses
/ɛ̃s.ti.jas/ 		instillât
/ɛ̃s.ti.ja/ 		instillassions
/ɛ̃s.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		instillassiez
/ɛ̃s.ti.ja.sje/ 		instillassent
/ɛ̃s.ti.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — instille
/ɛ̃s.tij/ 		— instillons
/ɛ̃s.ti.jɔ̃/ 		instillez
/ɛ̃s.ti.je/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

īnstīller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnstīllō
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