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cultivated

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cul·ti·vat·ed  (klt-vtd)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation: a cultivated plant.
2. Educated; polished; refined.
cultivated
Adjective
well-educated: a civilized and cultivated man
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Adj.1.cultivated - (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land"
uncultivated - (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land"
2.cultivated - no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
3.cultivated - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
cultured, genteel, polite, civilised, civilized
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
cultivated
adjective refined, cultured, advanced, polished, educated, sophisticated, accomplished, discriminating, enlightened, discerning, civilized, genteel, well-educated, urbane, erudite, well-bred
Translations
cultivated [ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd] adj → culto


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So we are told that Epic poetry is addressed to a cultivated audience, who do not need gesture; Tragedy, to an inferior public.
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After passing through some cultivated country, we entered a forest, which in the grandeur of all its parts could not be exceeded.
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They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco, maize, and barley, at full maturity, and here and there immense rice-fields, full of straight stalks and purple blossoms.
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