cultivate

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/

The English word “cultivate” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To grow plants, notably crops.
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति…

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