All 6 Uses of

cultivate
in
Candide

The country was cultivated as much for pleasure as for necessity.†
Chpt 17 *

cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops

I am entirely ignorant of the event you mention; I presume in general that they who meddle with the administration of public affairs die sometimes miserably, and that they deserve it; but I never trouble my head about what is transacting at Constantinople; I content myself with sending there for sale the fruits of the garden which I cultivate.†
Chpt 30

cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops

"I have only twenty acres," replied the old man; "I and my children cultivate them; our labour preserves us from three great evils—weariness, vice, and want."†
Chpt 30

"You are right," said Pangloss, "for when man was first placed in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, that he might cultivate it; which shows that man was not born to be idle."†
Chpt 30

"All that is very well," answered Candide, "but let us cultivate our garden."†
Chpt 30

Definitions:

(1) (cultivate)
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
(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.