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Word of the Week: Inculcate

12.31.2006

in?cul?cate [in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]

–verb (used with object), -cat?ed, -cat?ing.
1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.

2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L inculca-tus ptp. of inculca-re to trample, impress, stuff in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + culc- (var., in noninitial position, of calc-, s. of calx heel) + -a-tus -ate 1 ]

–Related forms
in?cul?ca?tion, noun
in?cul?ca?tive [in-kuhl-kuh-tiv]
in?cul?ca?tor, noun

–Synonyms 1. instill, infix, ingrain.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, ? Random House, Inc. 2006.

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