Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableagriculture
It is an axiom of agricolation that the soil must be made suitable for the crop.
1912, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Centennial Convention1 more example
Those employed in the agricolation of Great Britain undervalue those substances which constitute the chief food of the vegetable kingdom, and therefore the agriculture of England is inferior to that of China, Belgium, and several other countries of the continent of Europe.
1889, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, page 219
Origin
- Latinagricolatio
- Englishagricolation
From Latin agricolatio.
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