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n. - (agriculture) Production of food by preparing the land to grow crops; Socializing through training and learning; A highly developed state of perfection.

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  • Its cultivation is considered something esoteric and difficult.
  • Brand-building is growing in importance, as is long-term cultivation and donor loyalty.
  • The Malays are certainly not industrious; they have no need to be so, and their cultivation is rude.
  • Four million acres of wheat-lands were in cultivation 25 years ago in England; today less than 2,000,000.
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