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to come to have gradually
- cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends
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to help the growth or development of
- cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years
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to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
- in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello
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“Cultivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivate. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of cultivate was in 1588
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