Inculcate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=cul=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Inculcate, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds."

Syn. -- To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Inculcate, v.tr. (often foll. by upon, in) urge or impress (a fact, habit, or idea) persistently.

Derivative

inculcation n. inculcator n.

Etymology

L inculcare (as IN-(2), calcare tread f. calx calcis heel)

THESAURUS

Inculcate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Inculcate

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.