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indoctrinate (v.)
1620s, "to teach," from
in-
(2) "in" + Latin
doctrina
"teaching" (see
doctrine
). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832. Related:
Indoctrinated
;
indoctrinating
. The earlier verb was
indoctrine
(c. 1500).