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Cultivate

Cultivate (cultivate)
v. t.(k?l"t?-v?t)
Cul"ti*vate
[imp. *** p. p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`- t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultu
  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.













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