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# Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-142/
- Published: 2019-12-20T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-18T19:35:37.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

The word for today is…

inculcate (verb) – 1\. To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instil.  
2\. To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate:

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inculcate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 1540s, from Latin inculcatus, past participle of inculcare “force upon, insist; stamp in, impress, tread down,” from in- “in” (from PIE root \*en “in”) + calcare “to tread, press in,” from calx “heel”.