inculcate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”), from in + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]inculcate (third-person singular simple present inculcates, present participle inculcating, simple past and past participle inculcated)
- (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.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 55–56:
- she had a perfect Parisian accent, was musical—all French women sing—had a great deal of tournure, the value of which she was always inculcating on her pupils: "La Grace plus belle que la beauté," was invariably the quotation when putting on her shawl; and, it must be confessed, that never did five English girls put on shawls to such perfection.
- 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World[1], London: Chatto & Windus:
- But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour.
- (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
- 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:
- all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience , ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace , silence , and surseance
- 1943, C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man:
- The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.
- 1985 August 17, S. H. Chua, “IGA Smashes Borders”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 9:
- The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth.
Translations
[edit]teach by repeated instruction
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to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]inculcate
- inflection of inculcare:
Etymology 2
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[edit]inculcate f pl
Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]inculcāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]inculcate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of inculcar combined with te
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