inculcates

[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]

in·cul·cate

[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]
verb (used with object), in·cul·cat·ed, in·cul·cat·ing.
1.
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
2.
to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

Origin:
1540–50; < Latin inculcātus past participle of inculcāre to trample, impress, stuff in, equivalent to in- in-2 + culc- (variant, in noninitial position, of calc-, stem of calx heel) + -ātus -ate1

in·cul·ca·tion, noun
in·cul·ca·tive [in-kuhl-kuh-tiv] , in·cul·ca·to·ry, adjective
in·cul·ca·tor, noun

inculcate, indoctrinate.


1. instill, infix, ingrain.

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