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cultivate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cultivate v 1: foster the growth of 2: prepare for crops, of soil [syn: {crop}, {work}] 3: train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school}, {train}, {civilize}] 4: adapt to the environment; "domesticate plants" [syn: {domesticate}, {naturalize}]
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