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inculcate

English

Verb

(inculcat)
  • To teach by repeated instruction.
  • To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
  • Quotations

    {{timeline, 1900s=}} * 1932': Wordless conditioning ... cannot '''inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour. — ''Brave New World , Aldous Huxley * 1943': The right defense against false sentiments is to '''inculcate just sentiments. — ''The Abolition of Man , C. S. Lewis