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in⋅cul⋅cate

  [in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]
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–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.
Origin:
1540–50; < L inculcātus ptp. of inculcāre to trample, impress, stuff in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + culc- (var., in noninitial position, of calc-, s. of calx heel) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅cul⋅ca⋅tion, noun
in⋅cul⋅ca⋅tive  [in-kuhl-kuh-tiv] , in⋅cul⋅ca⋅to⋅ry, adjective
in⋅cul⋅ca⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. instill, infix, ingrain.
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in·cul·cate   (ĭn-kŭl'kāt', ĭn'kŭl-)   
tr.v.   in·cul·cat·ed, in·cul·cat·ing, in·cul·cates
  1. To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill: inculcating sound principles.
  2. To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate: inculcate the young with a sense of duty.

[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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Main Entry:  inculcate1
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to teach or instill through repetition
Etymology:  Latin in- + calcare 'to trample'
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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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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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
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