inculcate
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
has inculcated
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present perfectof inculcate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The biggest external impact of Israel has been on the Jewish people itself and the new belief it has inculcated in this people in their undiminished vigor and vitality.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has inculcated by the force of his magnetism an historical evolution of the German nation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dogmas which satisfy the reason of such a penitent delude him with the idea that a being of a higher nature has inculcated the fasting to which his own inner tendency drives him.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
The second cause, the extension of trade, has inculcated the same regard for veracity through the pocket.
From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival
She has inculcated the accents of Pentonville, with its aitches dropped and recovered again, among the high Japanese aristocracy.
From Kimono by Paris, John
