inculcate
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Definition of inculcate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To teach by repeated instruction.
“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.”
“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.”
“But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour.”
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verb
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(transitive)To teach by repeated instruction.
“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.”
“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.”
“But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour.”
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(transitive)To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
“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”
“The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.”
“The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth.”
“But there is also real opposition to Nato expansion - and even to Nato's continued existence after the Cold War. This is a view shared by a very large part of Russia's military and foreign affairs establishment. Educated and trained during the Soviet period, they are still inculcated with notions of super-power military might. It has been painful for these people to see Nato's outer edge creep ever closer to what was once the frontier of the USSR.”
adj
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(not-comparable, obsolete)Inculcated.
“Wee had neede to haue the word of God often inculcate and beaten vpon vs.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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