INCULCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inculcate mean? 

• INCULCATE (verb)
  The verb INCULCATE has 1 sense:

1. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

  Familiarity information: INCULCATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCULCATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inculcate    ... he / she / it inculcates   
Past simple: inculcated   
Past participle: inculcated   
-ing form: inculcating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

inculcate; infuse; instill

Context example:

inculcate values into the young generation

Hypernyms (to "inculcate" is one way to...):

drill (teach by repetition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inculcate"):

din (instill (into a person) by constant repetition)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

inculcation (teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition)