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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
- There was genuine empathy in her eyes and in her demeanor, but there was also the cultivated wariness of the Iranian woman.
- Moody cultivated a friendship with the owner of each of these shops.
There are no more uses of "cultivate" in Not Without My Daughter.
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