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adjective

prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.

produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.

educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.

Origin:
1655–65; cultivate + -ed²

Related forms

mis·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

non·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

pseu·do·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

qua·si-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

sem·i·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

su·per·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

un·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

well-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

Can be confused: cultivated, cultured.

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cultivated (ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	cultured, refined, or educated
2.	(of land or soil)
	a. subjected to tillage or cultivation
	b. tilled and broken up
3.	(of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation

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cultivate

1620, from M.L. cultivatus, pp. of cultivare, from L.L. cultivus "tilled," from L. cultus (see cult). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s.

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