Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INSTILLING
inculcation, ingraining, instilling
(noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
instilling
present participle of instill
Noun
instilling (plural instillings)
The process by which something is instilled.
Source: Wiktionary
INSTILL
In*still", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Instilling.] Etym: [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in- in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See Distill.] [Written also instil.]
Definition: To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton.
Syn.
– To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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