Tuesday 9th August 2016
Inculcate /ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt; ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt/
Verb
1. (transitive) to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
Quote
"Speaking of morals," said Lady Roseville, "do you not think every novel should
have its distinct object, and inculcate, throughout, some one peculiar moral, such
as many of Marmontel's and Miss Edgeworth's?" "No!" answered Vincent ...
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Pelham; or, Adventures of a Gentleman 1828
Origin
Inculcate descends from the Latin verb inculcāre meaning "to trample, tread"
with the root word calx meaning "heel." It entered English in the mid-1500’s.
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