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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cul•cate /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt, ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to fix in the mind by repeated statements:to inculcate virtue in the young.
in•cul•ca•tion /ˌɪnkʌlˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cul•cate (in kul′kāt, in′kul kāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in):to inculcate virtue in the young.
- to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with):Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.
- Latin inculcātus past participle of inculcāre to trample, impress, stuff in, equivalent. to in- in-2 + culc- (variant, in noninitial position, of calc-, stem of calx heel) + -ātus -ate1
- 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged instill, infix, ingrain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inculcate /ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt; ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt/ vb - (transitive) to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin inculcāre to tread upon, ram down, from in-² + calcāre to trample, from calx heelˌinculˈcation n ˈinculˌcator n |