n. [ Cf. F. cultivation. ] 1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture. [ 1913 Webster ]
Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
[れんさく, rensaku](n, vs) (1) planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; (2) collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; (P)#19983[Add to Longdo]