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inculcatory

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in⋅cul⋅cate

  [in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]
Use inculcatory in a Sentence
–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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