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inculcate

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

verb (used with object)

inculcated, inculcating.
  1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ):

    to inculcate virtue in the young.

    Synonyms: , ,

  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.



inculcate

/ ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt; ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt /

verb

  1. tr to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳܱˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˌԳܱˈپDz, noun
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  • cܱ·tDz noun
  • ·ܱ··پ [in-, kuhl, -k, uh, -tiv], ·ܱc·ٴr adjective
  • ·ܱc·ٴǰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of inculcate1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin Գܱٳܲ, past participle of Գܱ “to trample, impress, stuff in,” equivalent to in- “in” + culc- (variant, in noninitial position, of calc-, stem of calx “heel”) + -ٳܲ past participle suffix; in- 2, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of inculcate1

C16: from Latin Գܱ to tread upon, ram down, from in- ² + to trample, from calx heel
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Example Sentences

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that as a grant recipient, the health center had to immediately terminate programs “promoting or inculcating gender ideology” supported with the grant.

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Athletic contests are a schoolhouse of democracy that inculcates the habits of civic engagement necessary for a free people to thrive.

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Yet his father’s values — like championing Indigenous rights and valuing education —- were inculcated in the young boy.

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To inculcate “patriotism” and martial pride, he invited retired soldiers to campus and proposed putting a battle tank on display.

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Despite being physically gone, Numa continues to narrate the course of the film, a deliberate storytelling choice by Bayona that inculcates the theme of consumption as a type of communion.

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