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inculcate

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in·cul·cate  (n-klkt, nkl-)
tr.v. in·cul·cat·ed, in·cul·cat·ing, in·cul·cates
1. To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill: inculcating sound principles.
2. To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate: inculcate the young with a sense of duty.

[Latin inculcre, inculct-, to force upon : in-, on; see in-2 + calcre, to trample (from calx, calc-, heel).]

incul·cation n.
in·culcator n.

inculcate [ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt]
vb
(tr) to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
[from Latin inculcāre to tread upon, ram down, from in-2 + calcāre to trample, from calx heel]
inculcation  n
inculcator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.inculcate - teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
drill - teach by repetition
din - instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"

inculcate
adjective instil, impress, implant, infuse, drill, hammer in (informal), drum in, indoctrinate Care was taken to inculcate the values of nationhood and family.
Translations
inculcate [ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt] VT to inculcate sth in sbinculcar algo a algn
inculcate [ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt] vt
to inculcate sth in sb → inculquer qch à qn
inculcate
vteinimpfen, einprägen (in sb jdm)
inculcate [ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt] vt (frm) to inculcate sth in(to) sbinculcare qc a qn


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He exerted himself, during his sojourn among this simple and well-disposed people, to inculcate, as far as he was able, the gentle and humanizing precepts of the Christian faith, and to make them acquainted with the leading points of its history; and it speaks highly for the purity and benignity of his heart, that he derived unmixed happiness from the task.
Lastly, I have endeavoured strongly to inculcate, that virtue and innocence can scarce ever be injured but by indiscretion; and that it is this alone which often betrays them into the snares that deceit and villainy spread for them.
His standards of right and wrong were but half formed, from the brief attempts of Professor Maxon and von Horn to inculcate proper moral perceptions in a mind entirely devoid of hereditary inclinations toward either good or bad, but he realized one thing most perfectly--that to be a soulless thing was to be damned in the estimation of Virginia Maxon, and it now occurred to him that to kill her father would be the act of a soulless being.
 
 
 
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