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in⋅doc⋅tri⋅nate
[in-dok-truh-neyt] 
trəˌneɪt
–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
| 1. | to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view. |
| 2. | to teach or inculcate. |
| 3. | to imbue with learning. |
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| in·doc·tri·nate (ĭn-dŏk'trə-nāt') tr.v. in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates
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Indoctrinate
In*doc"tri*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indoctrinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Indoctrinating.] [Pref. in- in + L. doctrina doctrine: cf. F. endoctriner.] To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by in. A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite. --Clarendon.
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Language Translation for : indoctrinate
Spanish:
adoctrinar; inculcar,
German:
einprägen,
Japanese:
～に教え込む
indoctrinate
1626, "to teach," from in- "in" + L. doctrina "teaching" (see doctrine). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832. Indoctrination in ref. to communist activities is from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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