uncultivate en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + cultivate.
Meanings
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(rare, transitive) 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!
1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age: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 […]
2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncultivates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| uncultivating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncultivated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncultivated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |