Толковый словарь английского языка - cultivate
Cultivate
cultivate
transitive verb (-vated; -vating) Etymology: Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare, from cultivus cultivable, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere Date: circa 1655 to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops, 2. to foster the growth of , culture 2a, to improve by labor, care, or study ; refine , further , encourage , to seek the society of ; make friends with, cultivatable adjective
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v.tr. 1 a prepare and use (soil etc.) for crops or gardening. b break up (the ground) with a cultivator. 2 a raise or produce (crops). b culture (bacteria etc.). 3 a (often as cultivated adj.) apply oneself to improving or developing (the mind, manners, etc.). b pay attention to or nurture (a person or a person's friendship). Derivatives cultivable adj. cultivatable adj. cultivation n. Etymology: med.L cultivare f. cultiva (terra) arable (land) (as CULT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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