Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indoctrinating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Indoctrinate \In*doc"tri*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Indoctrinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indoctrinating}.] [Pref.
in- in + L. doctrina doctrine: cf. F. endoctriner.]
To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of
a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in,
or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often
followed by in.

A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating
his young, unexperienced favorite. --Clarendon.


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