Inculcate
Other forms: inculcated; inculcating; inculcatesTo inculcate is to teach through frequent instruction. If you repeatedly tell your brother how important it is to be responsible, then you’re trying to inculcate in him a sense of responsibility.
Definitions of inculcate
The word inculcate traces back to the Latin word inculcare, meaning ‘to force upon or to stamp in.’ If anyone has even tried to inculcate you with something, it may seem as if something is being stamped into your brain — over and over and over. A key thing to remember about this word is repetition: something, such as a value or a belief, is instilled in the brain by the persistent restating of its importance.
inculcate has the same or almost the same meaning as:
A. integrate
B. instill
C. defray
D. wrangle
Right Answer:- instill
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