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inculcate
[ in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ):
to inculcate virtue in the young.
- to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with ):
Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.
inculcate
/ ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt; ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt /
verb
- tr to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
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Derived Forms
- ˌinculˈcation, noun
- ˈinculˌcator, noun
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Other Words From
- incul·cation noun
- in·cul·ca·tive [in-, kuhl, -k, uh, -tiv], in·culca·tory adjective
- in·culca·tor noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inculcate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inculcate1
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Example Sentences
It’s a good way to inculcate toddlers on the joys of the sport.
It’s really about inculcating fashion as a work of art and concept related to civilization that’s not all that different from Arms and Armor.
That mindset is inculcated early in the training of technologists.
He would send his first child, Charles, there to be inculcated in its almost monastic philosophies—and the year-round cold showers and cult of derring-do, a kind of Shaolin Temple of the West.
This will inculcate a sense of trust in them, and they’ll love to explore your offerings.
Since 1980, American child-rearing has sought to inculcate self-esteem in the young.
Larson does not explain that the Vice-Chancellor was spared in order to inculcate uncertainty.
Enjoining therefore the duty of Covenanting, they inculcate that as an imitation of Him—swearing by himself.
If they inculcate virtue, it is that theological virtue whose inutility we have sufficiently shown.
There are, however, a few passages which inculcate upon men the propriety of a command over their temper.
Not until the renaissance did critics define poetry as an art of imitation endeavoring to inculcate morality.
We have seen that these words inculcate the exercise of Covenanting.
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