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1
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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2
to help the growth or development of
- cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years
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3
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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The first known use of cultivate was in 1588
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