Inculcate
['ɪnkʌlkeɪt] or [ɪn'kʌlket]
Definition
(verb.) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; 'inculcate values into the young generation'.
Checker: Zachariah--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Impress, enforce, instil, infuse, infix, ingraft, implant.
Editor: Wendell
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Impress, urge, enforce, Infuse, instil, implant, press, teach
ANT:Insinuate, suggest, disavow, abjure, denounce
Checker: Wayne
Definition
v.t. to enforce by frequent admonitions or repetitions.—ns. Inculcā′tion; Incul′cātor.
Typed by Anatole
Examples
- It is possible to employ it as a kind of reservoir of anecdotes to be drawn on to inculcate special moral lessons on this virtue or that vice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was the first-born of Newland and May Archer, yet it had never been possible to inculcate in him even the rudiments of reserve. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Percy had been brought up in the principles which so excellent a woman was sure to inculcate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No regard will be paid to truth, morals, or decency, in the doctrines inculcated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hence, in accordance with the principles inculcated in this volume, these forms will not have been liable to much modification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nor is it a wonder, that politicians should be very industrious in inculcating such notions, where their interest is so particularly concerned. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- As a man, we have beheld him practising and inculcating the virtues of frugality, temperance, and industry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Ramon