Results for cultivation

Definitions of cultivation:

part of speech: noun

The art or practice of cultivating: civilization: refinement.

part of speech: noun

Tillage of land; culture; civilisation; refinement.

part of speech: noun

The act of tilling; the state of being tilled: culture.

Usage examples for cultivation:

• This right being fully established, we now come to the next, which is the right acquired by cultivation "Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete", Washington Irving

• On the other side, the student is also in peril of failing to distinguish between knowledge as knowledge, and knowledge which leads to personal cultivation "Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College", Charles Franklin Thwing

• To shrink from being an object of it is a step in cultivation "The Short Works of George Meredith", George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009