inculcate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/
inculcate (inculcates, present participle inculcating; past and past participle inculcated)
- (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
- Synonyms: instill, ingrain
- 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,
- (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
- French: inculquer
- German: einimpfen, einschärfen
- Italian: inculcare
- Portuguese: inculcar
- Russian: прививать
- Spanish: inculcar
- Russian: внушать
- Spanish: inculcar
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