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inculcatein‧cul‧cate /ˈɪŋkʌlkeɪt $ ɪnˈkʌl-/ verb [transitive] formal ![](img/spkr_b.png) inculcateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of inculcare ‘to tread on’, from calx ‘heel’ VERB TABLEinculcate |
Present | I, you, we, they | inculcate | | he, she, it | inculcates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inculcated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inculcated | | he, she, it | has inculcated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inculcated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inculcate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inculcated |
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Present | I | am inculcating | | he, she, it | is inculcating | | you, we, they | are inculcating | Past | I, he, she, it | was inculcating | | you, we, they | were inculcating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inculcating | | he, she, it | has been inculcating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inculcating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inculcating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inculcating |
- Colleges inculcate a subtle disdain for work, he said.
- However hard parents try to inculcate a sense of responsibility in their children, the habits of childhood die hard.
- I have tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of intelligent laziness.
- Nor are we going to preach about the importance of inculcating children with the habit of thrift.
- One collection of such gives insight into the literal way spiritual truths were inculcated.
- Religion was important here, inculcating as it did the traditions of service and good works.
- The effort to inculcate ethical behavior without religious faith seems one of the great fiascoes of the modern age.
- Third, the proposals had to experiment with the new concepts that the change leaders hoped to inculcate.
to fix ideas, principles etc in someone’s mindinculcate something in/into somebody I try to inculcate a sense of responsibility in my children. Not all schools manage to successfully inculcate a love of learning.—inculcation /ˌɪŋkʌlˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |