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indoctrinise

indoctrinise is the alternative form of indoctrinize.

Meaning of indoctrinize

Verb

indoctrinize (third-person singular simple present indoctrinizes, present participle indoctrinizing, simple past and past participle indoctrinized)

  1. To indoctrinate.
    • But again, I repeat, if Southern Baptists ever expect to evangelize and indoctrinize the people of the South we must go out to the 25,000,000 and more round about our country churches, before the floodtide of isms engulfs these little churches and the unionizers compromise and eliminate them.1922, Southern Baptist Handbook, page 328

Forms of indoctrinise

third-person singular presentindoctrinises
present participleindoctrinising
past participleindoctrinised
pastindoctrinised

Questions about indoctrinise

What is indoctrinise the alternative form of?
Indoctrinise is the alternative form of indoctrinize.

Words near indoctrinise in the dictionary

  1. indoctrined
  2. indoctrinee
  3. indoctrinees
  4. indoctrines
  5. indoctrining
  6. indoctrinise
  7. indoctrinised
  8. indoctrinises
  9. indoctrinising
  10. indoctrinization
  11. indoctrinizations

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