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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cultivation \Cul`ti*va"tion\ (k?l`t?-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
cultivation.]
1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for
agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes;
tillage; production by tillage.
2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for
the benefit of others fostering care
3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical,
intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to
cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians.
--Hallam.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cultivation
n 1: socialization through training and education
2: production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
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