■ verb
1》 prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
↘grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes.
2》 Biology grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture.
3》 try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill).
↘try to win the friendship or favour of.
4》 [as adjective ~d ] refined and well educated.
Derivatives
cultivable adjective
cultivatable adjective
cultivator noun
Origin
C17: from med. L. cultivat- , cultivare , from cultiva (terra) 'arable (land)', from colere '~, inhabit'.