enculture

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verb

To enculturate.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbenculture (third-person singular simple present encultures, present participle enculturing, simple past and past participle encultured)

present singular third person encultures · participle present enculturing · participle past encultured · past encultured

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  10. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  11. Latincolō
  12. Latincultūra
  13. Middle Frenchculture
  14. Englishculture
  15. Englishenculture

From en- + culture.

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APA

enculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculture

MLA

“enculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculture. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enculture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enculture.

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