Instillo, instillas, instillâre. Plin. To put or powre in by little & little: tolet in by drop meale: to fall in drop by drop.Lumini oleum instilles. Cicero. To put oyle softly into the lampe.Sensim instillatus humor. Qui. Dropped in by little & littleMerum instillat in ignes.Ouid.Instillant guttæ laxa.Cic.Droppes fall vpon stones. Instillare aliquid alicui, per translationem. Cicero. To put gently into ones minde.A contraria aure instillare, Vide A & A B præpositiones.To put in at the contrary eare.Præceptum instillare auriculis. Hor.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
instillo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to pour in by drops, to drop in, to instil (class.). I.Lit.: haec quoque, nisi tamquam lumini, oleum instilles, extinguuntur senectute, Cic. de Sen. 11: (oleum) caulibus. Hor. S. 2, 2, 62: auribus sucum brassicae, Plin. 20, 9, 33, 83.— B.To drop into or upon: guttae, quae saxa assidue instillant Caucasi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10 fin.—II.Trop., to instil, to inspire with: uberrimae tuae litterae mihi quiddam quasi animulae instillarunt (al. restillarunt), Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1: praeceptum auriculis, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16.