▪ I. ˈcultivating, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb cultivate; cultivation.
| 1620–55 I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 6 The cultivating and manuring of Lands. 1668 Wilkins Real Char. Ep. to Rdr., The Cultivating of that part of Learning. |
▪ II. ˈcultivating, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That cultivates; engaged in tillage.
| 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. (ed. 3) I. 108 The close-cropt grass..showed the hand of cultivating care. 1884 Athenæum 12 Jan. 48/2 The condition of the cultivating classes. 1891 Educat. Rev. I. 140 The instruction..is in no wise so broad or cultivating as the corresponding study beyond the ocean. |