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INCULCATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does inculcate mean?

• INCULCATE (verb)
The verb INCULCATE has 1 sense:

1. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Familiarity information: INCULCATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INCULCATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

inculcate; infuse; instill

Context example:

inculcate values into the young generation

Hypernyms (to "inculcate" is one way to...):

drill (teach by repetition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inculcate"):

din (instill (into a person) by constant repetition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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