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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCULC'ATE, v.t. [L. inculco, to drive or force on; in and calco, to tread,calx,the heel.] To impress by frequent admonitions; to teach and enforce by frequent repetitions; to urge on the mind. Our Savior inculcates on his followers humility and forgiveness of injuries.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Latin inculcatus, past participle of inculcare, literally, to tread on, from in- + calcare to trample, from calc-, calx heel Date: 1539 to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions Synonyms: see implant • inculcation noun • inculcator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often foll. by upon, in) urge or impress (a fact, habit, or idea) persistently. Derivatives: inculcation n. inculcator n. Etymology: L inculcare (as IN-(2), calcare tread f. calx calcis heel)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inculcate In*cul"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inculcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inculcating.] [L. inculcatus, p. p. of inculcare to tread on; pref. in- in, on + calcare to tread, fr. calx the heel; perh. akin to E. heel. Cf. 2d Calk, Heel.] To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. --S. Clarke. Syn: To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inculcates, inculcating, inculcated) If you inculcate an idea or opinion in someone's mind, you teach it to them by repeating it until it is fixed in their mind. (FORMAL) We have tried to inculcate a feeling of citizenship in youngsters... The aim is to inculcate business people with an appreciation of different cultures... Great care was taken to inculcate the values of nationhood and family. = instil VERB: V n in n, V n with n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Impress, enforce, instil, infuse, infix, ingraft, implant.

Moby Thesaurus

beat into, brainwash, catechize, condition, engrave, etch, grave, imbue, implant, impregnate, impress, imprint, indoctrinate, infix, infuse, inoculate, inscribe, instill, program, stamp