cultivate
[kuhl-tuh-veyt]
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verb (used with object), cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing.
Origin of cultivate
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Historical Examples of over-cultivated
Are there no ladders to be found in this benighted and over-cultivated region?
Red Rose and Tiger LilyL. T. Meade
Any man, suffering from over-cultivated self-esteem, can be supplied by this club with wholesome physic.
Jonathan and His ContinentMax O'Rell
All the years of his over-hurried, over-cultivated, ambitious life he had delved into the psychology of others.
Out of the AshesEthel Watts Mumford
Female virtue has been over-cultivated, the flower has grown to an enormous size, but it has lost its scent.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
cultivate
verb (tr)
Word Origin for cultivate
C17: from Medieval Latin cultivāre to till, from Old French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultīvus cultivable, from Latin cultus cultivated, from colere to till, toil over
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