inculcate
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
inculcated
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past participleof inculcate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof inculcate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
inculcateverb (used with object)to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
Example Sentences
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It’s a grisly, funny ritual in which they reveal the self-disgust that their menial jobs have inculcated in them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“Susanna inculcated the value of tradition and heritage to everyone she knew.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
For public defenders dedicated to the work, or coming into the field with the hypercompetitive spirit inculcated by some law schools, such setbacks can be devastating.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2023
Mallory Mills, 15, who roams the sidelines at football games as Toby the Turkey, Cuero High’s colorful mascot, said growing up in town inculcated a reverence for the bird.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
“Negro” families of relative position and privilege, as mine was, inculcated the values of education, citizenship, and, as one said back then, breeding with a pertinacity that was as anxious as it was authentic.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
