a. Cultivable. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ Cf. F. cultivation. ]
Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. cultivateur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]