Dictionary

inculcate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈkʌl.keɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (as a participle, not-comparable, obsolete) Inculcated.
   • Wee had neede to haue the word of God often inculcate and beaten vpon vs. 1608, Andrew Willet, Hexapla in Exodum:

wikipedia: Early Modern English

inculcate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈkʌl.keɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
   • But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour. 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
   • she had a perfect Parisian accent, was musical—all French women sing—had a great deal of tournure, the value of which she was always inculcating on her pupils: "La Grace plus belle que la beauté," was invariably the quotation when putting on her shawl; and, it must be confessed, that never did five English girls put on shawls to such perfection. 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 55–56:
   • Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine. 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
2. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
   • all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience , ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace , silence , and surseance 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:
   • The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth. 1985 August 17, S. H. Chua, “IGA Smashes Borders”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 9:
   • But there is also real opposition to Nato expansion - and even to Nato's continued existence after the Cold War. This is a view shared by a very large part of Russia's military and foreign affairs establishment. Educated and trained during the Soviet period, they are still inculcated with notions of super-power military might. It has been painful for these people to see Nato's outer edge creep ever closer to what was once the frontier of the USSR. 2002 November 22, Steven Eke, “Russia's rocky relationship with Nato”, in BBC World Service:
   • The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. 1943, C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man:

Forms

Deriveds

reinculcate · inculcative · uninculcated

Synonyms

ingrain · instill

Translations (39)

hy ներշնչել (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · pl wszczepić (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · hy պատվաստել (teach by repeated instruction) · es inculcar (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · ru прививать (teach by repeated instruction) · hy արմատավորել (teach by repeated instruction) · ta பதி (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · pt inculcar (teach by repeated instruction) · hy հաղորդել (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · pl wdrożyć (teach by repeated instruction) · ru внушать (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · hy արմատավորել (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · pl wdrażać (teach by repeated instruction) · pl wszczepiać (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · cs vštěpovat (teach by repeated instruction) · hy մտքում տպավորել (teach by repeated instruction) · cs vštípit (teach by repeated instruction) · bg втълпявам (teach by repeated instruction) · hy մտցնել (teach by repeated instruction) · no innprente (teach by repeated instruction) · pl wpoić (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · la inculcō (teach by repeated instruction) · hy մտցնել (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · ro înrădăcina (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · tr telkin etmek (teach by repeated instruction) · crh talim (teach by repeated instruction) · ro inculca (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · fr inculquer (teach by repeated instruction) · sh utuviti (teach by repeated instruction) · nl inprenten (teach by repeated instruction) · es inculcar (teach by repeated instruction) · ru насаждать (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · la inculcō (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · ca inculcar (teach by repeated instruction) · de einimpfen (teach by repeated instruction) · it inculcare (teach by repeated instruction) · pl wpajać (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons) · de einschärfen (teach by repeated instruction) · bg внушавам (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)

wikipedia: Early Modern English