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Inculcate

/ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/

To teach by repeated instruction.

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📖 Definitions of "Inculcate"

verb

1
To teach by repeated instruction.
2
To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.

🔄 Synonyms of "Inculcate"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
infuseverb	(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
instillverb	(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Inculcate"

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Word	Definition
instillverb	(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
infuseverb	(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
instructverb	(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
educateverb	(transitive) To instruct or train.
indoctrinateverb	To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
teachverb	(ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
impartverb	(transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
introduceverb	(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
instilverb	Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
developverb	(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
impressverb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
acquireverb	(transitive) To get.
implantverb	(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
printverb	(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
equipverb	(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
imbueverb	In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
reinculcateverb	To inculcate again.
grindnoun	The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
endoctrinenoun	(obsolete, transitive) To teach; to indoctrinate.
infixnoun	An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.