Inculcate Definition

ĭn-kŭlkāt, ĭnkŭl-
inculcated, inculcates, inculcating
verb
inculcated, inculcates, inculcating
To impress upon the mind by frequent repetition or persistent urging.
Webster's New World
To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate.
Inculcate the young with a sense of duty.
American Heritage

To teach by repeated instruction.

Wiktionary

To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.

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Origin of Inculcate

  • Latin inculcāre inculcāt- to force upon in- on in–2 calcāre to trample (from calx calc- heel)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”), from in + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”).

    From Wiktionary

Inculcate Sentence Examples

  • His title to be honoured as the " Father of Magnetic Philosophy " is based even more largely upon the scientific method which he was the first to inculcate and practise than upon the importance of his actual discoveries.

  • The statesman, they trusted, would patronize their religion for its utility; and the clergy would inculcate it for their own emolument.

  • Its objects are to promote a high morality among Jews, regardless of differences as to dogma and ceremonial customs, and especially to inculcate the supreme virtues of charity and brotherly love.

  • According to Comte the only practical method of social regeneration is gradually to inculcate the true social feeling which subordinates itself to the welfare of others.

  • This merely verifies the picture which mothers frequently inculcate in their children - that their father is an alcoholic or drug addict.

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IININC

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ETEATE

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