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Webster 1913 Edition
Culture
Cul′ture
(k?l′t?r; 135)
, Noun.
1.
The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage;
as, the
. culture
of the soil2.
The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man;
as, the
. culture
of the mindIf vain our toil
We ought to blame the
We ought to blame the
culture
, not the soil. Pepe.
3.
The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
What the Greeks expressed by their
παιδεία
, the Romans by their humanitas
, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture
. J. C. Shairp.
The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its
culture
. Tylor.
Cul′ture
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cultured
(-t?rd; 135)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Culturing
.] To cultivate; to educate.
They came . . . into places well inhabited and
cultured
. Usher.
Webster 1828 Edition
Culture
CULTURE
,Noun.
1.
The act of tilling and preparing the earth for crops; cultivation; the application of labor or other means of improvement.We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
2.
The application of labor or other means to improve good qualities in, or growth; as the culture of the mind; the culture of virtue.3.
The application of labor or other means in producing; as the culture of corn, or grass.4.
Any labor or means employed for improvement, correction or growth.CULTURE
,Verb.
T.