inculcate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”), from in + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- Those impious Pigs,
Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn
The settled Swellfoot system, or to make
Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions
Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt
Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.
- Those impious Pigs,
- 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:
- Wordless conditioning ... cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
- 1943, C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man:
- The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.
Translations
teach by repeated instruction
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to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons
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Italian
Verb
inculcate
- second-person plural present indicative of inculcare
- second-person plural imperative of inculcare
- feminine plural of inculcato
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) inculcāte