the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > induce (an action, etc.) by persuasion > drive (something) by iterated persuasion (2)
In renderings of Deuteronomy vi. 7 and echoes of it, translating Hebrew shānan lit. to sharpen, figurative to inculcate. (Const. on, upon.) Obsolete.
figurative. To drive by dint of reiterated argument or persuasion (as an idea, etc. into a person's head).