recultivate

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/ɹɪˈkʌltɪˌveɪt/

verb

To cultivate again; to make productive once again

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbrecultivate (third-person singular simple present recultivates, present participle recultivating, simple past and past participle recultivated)

present singular third person recultivates · participle present recultivating · participle past recultivated · past recultivated

  1. To cultivate again; to make productive once again

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcultivate
  7. Englishrecultivate

From re- + cultivate.

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Translations

Italian ricoltivare
  • ricoltivarecultivate again

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APA

recultivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recultivate

MLA

“recultivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recultivate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recultivate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recultivate.

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