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to reinstill

to reinstill

5.9
Bring a feeling, idea or quality back into people
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈstɪl/
  • US
translation icon : reinstaurar
  • To boost morale, the manager hopes to reinstill confidence in the team after the recent setbacks.

Examples

  • The bill's primary sponsor, Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt, called it "a first step" in "reinstilling the value of human life."

    Academic text (1999)
  • Instead, through its view of nature as the work of God, it reinstilled nature with an intrinsic moral value, while at the same time advocating nature's aesthetic value to man.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Interchangeably referred to as "Afrocentric," "Africentric," or "African-centered," interventions are based on the principle of reinstilling traditional African and African American cultural values in people of African descent.

    Academic text (2009)
  • It describes not only how these movements provided a new basis for reinstilling in nature a subjective value, but, at the same time, indirectly exacerbated and modified the ideology of separation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The teacher aimed to reinstill a love for reading in her students through engaging book discussions.

  • Community leaders are working to reinstill trust among residents by organizing monthly meetings.

Synonyms

to restore
vsto reinstill
234 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

restores ideas or feelings specifically, not general physical condition
to renew
vsto reinstill
94 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

brings feelings back rather than making them new or fresh
to instill
vsto reinstill
  • US
71 4.8

To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something

reintroduces feelings rather than creating them slowly for the first time
to resurrect
vsto reinstill
42 6.8

Bring something back into use after it was forgotten

returns inner feelings or qualities rather than public practices or uses
to reestablish
vsto reinstill
37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

restores inner feelings or qualities rather than institutions or positions
to rekindle
vsto reinstill
33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

restores feelings to presence rather than only reviving activity
to reignite
vsto reinstill
15 4.6

To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped

restores feelings to presence without implying forceful restart
to reimplant
vsto reinstill
7.8

To put an idea, feeling, or habit back into people's minds

causes feelings to be present again without implying direct placement
to reinfuse
vsto reinstill
6.5

To make people or things feel more energetic again

brings feelings back again but without stressing added energy
to relight
vsto reinstill
5.1

Make a feeling, interest, or memory come back

returns feelings to presence without implying vivid strength
to reawake
vsto reinstill
6.1

Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again

brings feelings back to presence rather than sudden activation
to reinspire
vsto reinstill
5.6

To make someone feel excited and ready to try new things

reintroduces feelings broadly rather than focusing only on inspiration

Antonyms

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

85 6.6

Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest

How Strong

to entrench
45 6.7
to reinstill
  • US
5.9
to rekindle
33 5.1
to remind
1.0
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

reinstill infinitive
reinstilled past participle
reinstilling present participle
reinstills third person singular

Morphology

reinstill = instill (transparent) = re + instill

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the action expressed by 'instill'.

Etymology

Reinstill comes from re- 'again' and instill, a word that originally meant 'to drop into', so imagine slowly putting drops of water back into a cup, like the quiet action in distill. So to reinstill a feeling or habit is to 'put it back in' little by little until it returns.