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<h1>Cultivatable</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ti*va`ta*ble</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?-v?`t?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cultivable.</def>

<h1>Cultivate</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ti*vate</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?-v?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cultivated</er> <tt>(-v?`t?d)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cultivating</er> <tt>(-v?`-t\'b5ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>cultivatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>cultivare</ets> to cultivate, fr. <ets>cultivus</ets> cultivated, fr. L. <ets>cultus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>colere</ets> to till, cultivate. Cf. <er>Colony</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; <as>as, to <ex>cultivate</ex> soil</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.</def>

<blockquote>Leisure . . . to <b>cultivate</b> general literature. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.</def>

<blockquote>I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and <b>cultivated</b> him accordingly. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>cultivate</b> the wild, licentious savage. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be <b>cultivated</b> to the end. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; <as>as, to <ex>cultivate</ex> corn or grass</as>.</def>

<h1>Cultivation</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul`ti*va"tion</hw> <tt>(k?l`t?-v?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cultivation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.</def>

<blockquote>Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to <b>cultivation</b> before the irruption of the barbarians. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cultivator</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ti*va`tor</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?-v?`t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cultivateur</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who cultivates; <as>as, a <ex>cultivator</ex> of the soil; a <ex>cultivator</ex> of literature.</as></def>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.</def>

<note>&hand; In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc.</note>

<h1>Cultrate kltrt, Cultrated</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw><hw>Cul"trate</hw> <tt>(k?l"tr?t)</tt>, <hw>Cul"tra*ted</hw> <tt>(-tr?-t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cultratus</ets> knife-shaped, from<ets>culter</ets>, <ets>cultri</ets>, knife.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.</def>

<h1>Cultriform</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"tri*form</hw> <tt>(-tr?-f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>culter</ets>, <ets>cultri</ets>, knife + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.</def>

<h1>Cultrivorous</h1> <Xpage=355>