Word: instilled
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: in
stilled
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of instill; impart gradually
Morphemes:
Affix: instill
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in
Affix: stīllō
Language: la
Decoded: stillo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I drip, drop, trickle
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.