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cultivate
in
Self-Reliance, by Emerson
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It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to brook the rage of the cultivated classes.†
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cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
[249] Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession†

cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property, out of new respect for his nature.†

cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops

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)
The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.