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[syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cultivated \cultivated\ adj.
1. marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated
tastes in art.
Syn: civilized, cultured, genteel, polite.
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2. used for raising crops; -- of land or soil.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
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2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.
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Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.
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4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.
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To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.
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5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cultivated
adj 1: (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing
or fertilizing; "cultivated land" [ant: uncultivated]
2: no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and
for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
3: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "cultivated":
abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, aristocratic, beautified,
bettered, civilized, converted, cosmopolitan, cultured, dainty,
deep, delicate, developed, discriminating, educated, elegant,
embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enriched, erudite, fastidious,
fine, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, graceful,
gracile, gracious, highbred, improved, ladylike, learned, lettered,
literate, nice, pansophic, perfected, polished, polyhistoric,
polymath, polymathic, profound, refined, reformed, scholarly,
scholastic, soignee, sophisticated, studious, suave, subtle,
transfigured, transformed, urbane, well-bred, well-brought-up,
wise