All 8 Uses of
cultivate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind, whose tastes are like my own, to approve or amend my plans.†
p. 19.7cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
- He is an Englishman, and in the midst of national and professional prejudices, unsoftened by cultivation, retains some of the noblest endowments of humanity.†
p. 20.4 *cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
- He is so gentle, yet so wise; his mind is so cultivated, and when he speaks, although his words are culled with the choicest art, yet they flow with rapidity and unparalleled eloquence.†
p. 29.0cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
- I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university, and I found even in M. Krempe a great deal of sound sense and real information, combined, it is true, with a repulsive physiognomy and manners, but not on that account the less valuable.†
p. 51.2
- I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it in repairing the cottage and cultivating the garden.†
p. 114.9cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- Men who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves dispersed themselves and were employed in various arts of cultivation.†
p. 118.7cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
- As night advanced I placed a variety of combustibles around the cottage, and after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the garden, I waited with forced impatience until the moon had sunk to commence my operations.†
p. 140.8
- It had a wild and rocky appearance, but as I approached nearer I easily perceived the traces of cultivation.†
p. 177.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.