inculcate
InculcatedInculcated.
» I had been inculcated with all kinds of wrong ideas.
Mir sind allerlei falsche Vorstellungen eingeschärft worden. — Dejo
Man hatte mir jede Menge falscher Vorstellungen eingetrichtert. — raggione
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1 senses(not comparable, obsolete)Inculcated.
Examples
1 sentencesI had been inculcated with all kinds of wrong ideas.
deMir sind allerlei falsche Vorstellungen eingeschärft worden. — Dejo
Origin
Borrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, forcBorrowed from Latin inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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