inculcate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCULC'ATE, verb transitive [Latin inculco, to drive or force on; in and calco, to tread, calx, the heel.] To impress by frequent admonitions; to teach and enforce by frequent repetitions; to urge on the mind. Our Savior inculcates on his followers humility and forgiveness of injuries.
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