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inculcate
What does inculcate mean?
inculcate (verb): teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use inculcate in a sentence?
- Inculcate values into the young generation. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce inculcate?
/ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does inculcate come from?
Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”), from in- (“in”) + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “inculcate” mean?
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
Not quite: that's what disintegrate means.
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Right! That's what “inculcate” means.
to act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered
Not quite: that's what flounder means.
to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire
Not quite: that's what succumb means.
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