inculcate
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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | inculcate1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to teach or instill through repetition |
| Etymology: | Latin in- + calcare 'to trample' |
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| Main Entry: | inculcate2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to cause to accept a belief or idea through repetition |
| Etymology: | Latin in- + calcare 'to trample' |
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·cul·cate 
[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt] Pronunciation Key
[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
| 1. | to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young. |
| 2. | to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| in·cul·cate
(ĭn-kŭl'kāt', ĭn'kŭl-) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·cul·cat·ed, in·cul·cat·ing, in·cul·cates
[Latin inculcāre, inculcāt-, to force upon : in-, on; see in-2 + calcāre, to trample (from calx, calc-, heel).] in'cul·ca'tion n., in·cul'ca'tor n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inculcate
inculcate
1550, from L. inculcatus, pp. of inculcare "force upon, stamp in," from in- "in" + calcare "to tread, press in," from calx "heel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| inculcate | |
verb | |
| teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Inculcate
In*cul"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inculcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inculcating.] [L. inculcatus, p. p. of inculcare to tread on; pref. in- in, on + calcare to tread, fr. calx the heel; perh. akin to E. heel. Cf. 2d Calk, Heel.] To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. --S. Clarke. Syn: To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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