transitive. = inculcate, v.

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 beat (a thing) into one's head, to beat (a thing) into one's mind, etc.

transitive. To instil (a lesson or idea) in a person's mind, consciousness, hearing, etc., by constant forceful repetition; to drum into. Also…

transitive. To endeavour to force (a thing) into or impress (it) on the mind of another by emphatic admonition, or by persistent repetition; to…

To inculcate (cf. sense 15b).

transitive. To teach (something) as a lesson; to inculcate. Obsolete.

figurative. transitive. To implant (an idea, habit, etc.) by degrees; to manage to introduce (a person, idea, etc.) into or in (a person's…

transitive. To inculcate persistently.

transitive. To drive (a lesson, idea, etc.) into a person, a person's mind, etc., by constant repetition, forceful admonition, or the like; to…

To teach or urge assiduously or stealthily.

To teach, inculcate (a subject, etc.). rare.

To impart by strict method (a subject of knowledge).

transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To hit or strike (a person), to punch; (also) to knock (sense) into.