CULTIVATE
\kˈʌltɪvˌe͡ɪt], \kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt], \k_ˈʌ_l_t_ɪ_v_ˌeɪ_t]\
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train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
By Princeton University
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To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
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To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
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To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
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To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
By Oddity Software
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To till, as, ground; improve by care, etc.; to cherish, as a friendship; to promote the growth of, as bacteria; to devote one self to, as literature; to seek the society of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To till or produce by tillage: to prepare for crops: to devote attention to: to civilize or refine.
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CULTIVATOR.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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