inculcate

1. (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.Examples: "Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine."; "she had a perfect Parisian accent, was musical—all French women sing—had a great deal of tournure, the value of which she was always inculcating on her pupils: "La Grace plus belle que la beauté," was invariably the quotation when putting on her shawl; and, it must be confessed, that never did five English girls put on shawls to such perfection."; "But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour."Synonyms: instill, ingraintransitive

2. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.Examples: "all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience , ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace , silence , and surseance"; "The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments."; "The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth."transitive