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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
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”.
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The word for today is… inflection (noun) - 1: change in pitch or loudness of the voice 2a: the change of form that words undergo to mark such distinctions as those of case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice b: a form, suffix, or element involved in such variation c:
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
