What is the meaning of instill?

verb

• Impart gradually.
  • usage: "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
  • synonyms: transfuse
• Enter drop by drop.
  • usage: "instill medication into my eye"
  • synonyms: instil
• Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.
  • usage: "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
  • synonyms: impress, ingrain
• Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
  • usage: "inculcate values into the young generation"
  • synonyms: inculcate, infuse
• Fill, as with a certain quality.
  • usage: "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
  • synonyms: impregnate, infuse, tincture