All 6 Uses of
cultivate
in
Jane Eyre
- Humility is a Christian grace, and one peculiarly appropriate to the pupils of Lowood; I, therefore, direct that especial care shall be bestowed on its cultivation amongst them.†
Chpt 4 *
- The garden was a wide inclosure, surrounded with walls so high as to exclude every glimpse of prospect; a covered verandah ran down one side, and broad walks bordered a middle space divided into scores of little beds: these beds were assigned as gardens for the pupils to cultivate, and each bed had an owner.†
Chpt 5
- The very cultivation surrounding it had disappeared.†
Chpt 28
- They could not be the daughters of the elderly person at the table; for she looked like a rustic, and they were all delicacy and cultivation.†
Chpt 28
- Won in youth to religion, she has cultivated my original qualities thus:— From the minute germ, natural affection, she has developed the overshadowing tree, philanthropy.†
Chpt 32
- "Yes," I said; "but I could not go on for ever so: I want to enjoy my own faculties as well as to cultivate those of other people.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(cultivate) enhance growth or developmentin various senses, including:
- to grow crops or prepare land for them
- enhance a relationship -- especially for a purpose
- develop discernment (better recognition of differences) in taste or judgment
- to grow a culture in a petri dish