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cultivage

cultivage noun: the art or act of cultivating; cultivation.

Noun

cultivage (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The art or act of cultivating; cultivation.
    • And on the other part, the Greeks are as unwilling to be induſtrious in Arts, Trafficke or Cultivage; ſeeing what they poſſeſſe is not their owne, but is taken from them at all occaſions, with tyranny & oppreſſion. […] Leaving Ahetzo behind us, and entring the Countrey of the Agaroes, wee found the...1632, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and...
    • […]; ſo in your Cultivage, there be three Infectious Seeds, wherewith you are never to be acquainted, if ever you expect ſucceſs, or a fair account from your harveſt.1665, R[ichard] B[rathwait], The Captive-Captain: or, The Restrain’d Cavalier; […], London: […] J. Grismond, page 34

Origin of cultivage

From French cultivage.

Questions about cultivage

What does cultivage mean?
Cultivage means the art or act of cultivating; cultivation.
What part of speech is cultivage?
Cultivage is a noun.

Words near cultivage in the dictionary

  1. cultispecies
  2. cultist
  3. cultists
  4. cultivability
  5. cultivable
  6. cultivage
  7. cultivar
  8. cultivars
  9. cultivatability
  10. cultivatable
  11. cultivate

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