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uncultivate

verb

Etymology

From un- + cultivate.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻ — “to move; to turn (around)”
  2. derived from cultus
  3. derived from cultivātus
  4. prefixed as uncultivate — “un + cultivate”

Definitions

  1. To undo the cultivation of

    To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.

    • May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!
    • To uncultivate is to encourage the transformation from one state to another, just like cultivation, except that it seeks its opposite horizon. It seeks to peel back the layers of cultivation […]

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