indoctrinate

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The Word of the Day for March 16 is:

indoctrinate \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\   verb
     1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : 
teach 
    *2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, 
point of view, or principle 

Example sentence:
     New hires were indoctrinated with the company's philosophy 
during a two-day orientation.

Did you know? 
     "Indoctrinate" simply means "brainwash" to many people. 
But its meaning isn't always so negative. When this verb first 
appeared in English in the 17th century, it simply meant "to 
teach" -- a meaning that followed logically from its Latin 
root. The "doc" in the middle of "indoctrinate" derives from 
the Latin verb "docere," which also means "to teach." Other 
offspring of "docere" include "docent" (referring to a college 
professor or a museum guide), "docile," "doctor," "doctrine," 
and "document." It was not until the 19th century 
that "indoctrinate" began to see regular use in the sense of 
causing someone to absorb and take on certain opinions or 
principles. 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.