To grow plants, notably crops.
Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive partic...
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