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Etymology

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FromMedieval Latincultivātus,perfectpassiveparticiple ofcultivō(till, cultivate) (see-ate(verb-forming suffix) for more), fromcultīvus(tilled), fromLatincultus, perfect passive participle ofcolō(till, cultivate), which comes from earlier*quelō, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷel-(to move; to turn (around)). Cognates includeAncient Greekπέλω(pélō) andSanskritचरति(cárati). The sameProto-Indo-European root also gaveLatinin-quil-īnus(inhabitant) andanculus(servant).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
  • Hyphenation:cul‧ti‧vate
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Verb

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cultivate (third-person singular simple presentcultivates,present participlecultivating,simple past and past participlecultivated)

  1. Togrowplants, notablycrops.
    Most farmers in this regioncultivate maize.
    • 1917, H. Rider Haggard,Finished[1]:
      So unhealthy is this valley, which is the home of large game, that whole kraals full of people who have tried tocultivate the rich land, have died in it of fever, or fled away leaving their crops unreaped.
    • 1958,Journal of Lifetime Living, volume24, page15:
      My hobby is gathering the spores of some of the most delicious of the wild varieties of mushrooms, such as morels, giant puffballs and woods oysters, thencultivating them.
  2. (figurative) Tonurture; tofoster; totend.
    They tried tocultivate an interest in learning among their students.
    • 1819,John William Polidori,The Vampyre:
      Left also to himself by guardians[] hecultivated more his imagination than his judgment
    • 2007 November 23, Claudia La Rocco, “Ballet and African Steps, Delivered at Warp Speed”, inThe New York Times[2]:
      The mix of ballet vocabulary, modern techniques and African steps is familiar, but the extent to which Mr. Rhoden packs — and overpacks — phrases,cultivates warp-speed delivery and hyperextends every possible hip jut and arabesque is, thank goodness, something special to Complexions.
    • 2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, inThe New York Times[3],→ISSN:
      [] after four years in which President Donald J. Trump hadcultivated Mr. Johnson and expressed sympathy for Britain in its bitter divorce with the European Union.
  3. Toturn orstirsoil in preparation forplanting or as a method ofweed control between growing crop plants.

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Translations

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grow plants, notably crops
nurture
turn or stir soil in preparation for planting
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Interlingua

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Participle

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cultivate

  1. pastparticiple ofcultivar

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Verb

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cultivate

  1. second-personsingular voseoimperative ofcultivar combined withte
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