Synonyms of the word

instill

• v. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
• v. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

add

• v. (transitive) To join or unite, (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase…
• v. To sum up; to put together mentally.
• v. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
• v. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
• v. (transitive) To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
• v. (intransitive) To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
• v. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
• n. (video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
• n. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

bestow

• v. (transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
• v. (transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (transitive) To…
• v. (transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially…
• v. (transitive) To give in marriage.
• v. (transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (transitive, obsolete)…

bring

• v. (transitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
• v. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
• v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
• v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
• v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
• interj. The sound of a telephone ringing.

contribute

• v. To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

drill

• v. (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
• v. (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
• v. (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
• v. (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
• v. (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
• v. (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
• v. (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
• v. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
• v. (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
• v. (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
• n. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into…
• n. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
• n. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds…
• n. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
• n. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
• n. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation…
• n. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
• n. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that…
• n. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but…
• n. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

enter

• v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
• v. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
• v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
• v. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
• v. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
• v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
• v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
• v. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
• v. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in…
• v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods),…
• v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars…
• v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
• n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
• n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

impart

• v. To give a part or share.
• v. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
• v. To hold a conference or consultation.
• v. To obtain a share of; to partake of.

impregnate

• v. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
• v. (transitive) To fertilize.
• v. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
• v. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

impress

• v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
• v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
• v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
• v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
• v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
• v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
• v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
• n. The act of impressing.
• n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
• n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
• n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
• n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
• n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
• n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

inculcate

• v. (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
• v. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.

infix

• v. (transitive) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
• v. (transitive) To instill.
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
• n. (linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i-…

infuse

• v. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
• v. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
• v. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
• v. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
• v. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

ingrain

• v. To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
• adj. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
• adj. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;…
• n. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

insert

• v. (transitive) To put in between or into.
• n. An image inserted into text.
• n. A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
• n. (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in…
• n. (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.

instil

• v. Alternative spelling of instill.

introduce

• v. (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
• v. (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
• v. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.

lend

• n. (anatomy, Britain dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.
• n. (Britain dialectal, of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.
• v. (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be…
• v. (intransitive) To make a loan.
• v. (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
• v. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
• v. (proscribed) To borrow.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

strike

• v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
• v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
• v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
• v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
• v. To touch; to act by appulse.
• v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
• v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
• v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
• v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
• v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
• v. To make and ratify.
• v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
• v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
• v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
• v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
• v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
• v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
• v. To balance (a ledger or account).
• n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
• n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
• n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
• n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
• n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
• n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
• n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
• n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
• n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
• n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
• n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
• n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
• n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
• n. The discovery of a source of something.
• n. A strike plate.

tincture

• n. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
• n. A tint, or an added colour.
• n. (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
• n. An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
• n. (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
• n. An essential characteristic.
• n. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the…
• n. A slight taste superadded to any substance.
• n. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
• v. to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.
• v. (figuratively) to tinge; to taint.
• v. To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.

transfuse

• v. (transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion.
• v. (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
• v. (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.