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Definition
enhance growth or development
in 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
- He was sure that Duer cultivated his manner of chill efficiency to impress instructors.Chapter 2 (76% in)
- He looked somewhat like President Roosevelt, with the same squareness and the same bristly mustache, and he cultivated the resemblance.Chapter 19 (11% in)
- You owe it to the grand old flag to cultivate yourself, To train the mind, keep clean the streets, and ever guard your health.Chapter 19 (63% in)
There are no more uses of "cultivate" in Arrowsmith.
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