culture

t. [CULTURE, s.] To cultivate. cŭl-türed, a. [Eng. cultur (e); -ed.] *1. Lit .: Cultivated, tilled. "And gardens smile around, and cultured fields." Thomson: Summer, 770. 2. Fig .: Intellectually cultivated, improved, or refined; in a state of intellectual culture. a mind " Cultured and capable of sober thought." Cowper: Task , iii., 323, 324. cŭl-türe-le , a. [Eng. culture ; -le .] Destitute of cultivation; uncultivated. *cul-tür-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [CULTURE, v .] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of cultivating. (Lit. & fig .)