Both Uses
cultivate
in
War and Peace
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- Half an hour later, the Rhetor returned to inform the seeker of the seven virtues, corresponding to the seven steps of Solomon's temple, which every Freemason should cultivate in himself.†
Chpt 5 *cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops
- You write that in Petersburg he is spoken of as one of the most active, cultivated, and capable of the young men.†
Chpt 6cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
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) The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.