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CULTIVATED
cultivated
(adjective) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; “cultivated land”
civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
(adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners; “cultivated speech”; “cultured Bostonians”; “cultured tastes”; “a genteel old lady”; “polite society”
cultivated
(adjective) no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; “cultivated roses”; “cultivated blackberries”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
cultivated
simple past tense and past participle of cultivate
Adjective
cultivated (comparative more cultivated, superlative most cultivated)
(of a person) cultured, refined, educated
(of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
(of land) farmed
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CULTIVATE
Cul"ti*vate (kl"t-vt), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cultivated (-v`td); p.pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v`-t*ng).] Etym: [LL. cultivatus, p.p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p.p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth.
3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with. I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke.
4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine. To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison. The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson.
5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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