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enculturate

enculturate verb: to subject to enculturation.

Verb

enculturate (third-person singular simple present enculturates, present participle enculturating, simple past and past participle enculturated)

  1. (transitive) To subject to enculturation.
    • While Nippon Kaisha recruits, trains, and enculturates individuals, these individuals in turn create, modify, and develop the Nippon Kaisha culture.1991, Tomoko Hamada, American enterprise in Japan

Forms of enculturate

third-person singular presentenculturates
present participleenculturating
past participleenculturated
pastenculturated

Origin of enculturate

From en- + culture + -ate.

Words formed from enculturate

Questions about enculturate

What does enculturate mean?
Enculturate means to subject to enculturation.
What part of speech is enculturate?
Enculturate is a verb.
What is the past tense of enculturate?
The past tense of enculturate is enculturated.

Words near enculturate in the dictionary

  1. encryptors
  2. encrypts
  3. encs
  4. encuirassed
  5. enculade
  6. enculturate
  7. enculturated
  8. enculturates
  9. enculturating
  10. enculturation
  11. enculturational

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