单词 | inculcate |
释义 | inculcate —inculcation, n. —inculcative /in kul"keuh tiv/, inculcatory, adj. —inculcator, n. /in kul"kayt, in"kul kayt'/, v.t., inculcated, inculcating. 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. [1540-50; < L inculcatus ptp. of inculcare to trample, impress, stuff in, equiv. to in- IN-2 + culc- (var., in noninitial position, of calc-, s. of calx heel) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. instill, infix, ingrain. |
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