cultivated, ppl. a.
(ˈkʌltɪveɪtɛd)
[f. prec.]
1. Of land: Subjected to cultivation; tilled. Of plants: Produced or improved by cultivation.
| 1797 T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 94 It is frequently seen in cultivated grounds. 1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 193 Flowering shrubs, and all manner of cultivated beauty. Mod. The plant was described from a cultivated specimen. |
2. fig. Of persons, their minds, faculties, etc.: Improved by education or training; refined, cultured. Of the voice or utterance: indicating refinement in its user.
| 1665 Glanvill Sceps. Sci. 81 In the latter and less cultivated ages. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 189 A cultivated understanding, a copious fancy. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola ii. xxi, The most cultivated men in the most cultivated of Italian cities. 1883 G. Lloyd Ebb & Flow I. 24 His cultivated tastes. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 8/1 The prisoner is a well set-up and well-dressed man with a cultivated voice. |