inculcate
verb /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/
/ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inculcate | /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/ /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it inculcates | /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪts/ /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪts/ |
| past simple inculcated | /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inculcated | /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inculcating | /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkʌlkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to cause somebody to learn and remember ideas, moral principles, etc., especially by repeating them often
- inculcate something (in/into somebody) to inculcate a sense of responsibility in somebody
- inculcate somebody with something to inculcate somebody with a sense of responsibility
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInculcate is used with these nouns as the object:- virtue
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin inculcat- ‘pressed in’, from the verb inculcare, from in- ‘into’ + calcare ‘to tread’ (from calx, calc- ‘heel’).