— inculcation , n. — inculcative /in kul"keuh tiv/ , inculcatory , adj. — inculcator , n.
/in kul"kayt, in"kul kayt'/ , v.t., inculcated, inculcating .
1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in ): to inculcate virtue in the young.
2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with ): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.
[ 1540-50; inculcatus ptp. of inculcare to trample, impress, stuff in, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + culc- (var., in noninitial position, of calc-, s. of calx heel) + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. instill, infix, ingrain.