inculcō āvī, ātus, āre in+calco, to tread in, tread down

— hence, in discourse, to force in, drag in: Graeca verba: inculcata invenias inania verba, i. e. superfluous.

—To force upon, impress on, inculcate, insist: id quod inculcetur, percipere: oculis imagines: se auribus nostris, intrude: inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse: ut nominaret, etc