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to recultivate

to recultivate

7.4
Bring back a skill, friendship, or craft by working at it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkʌltɪˌveɪt/
: recuperar
  • The organization aims to recultivate traditional crafts that were nearly forgotten.

Examples

  • He decided to recultivate his language skills by taking weekly classes.

  • After moving back to her hometown, she worked hard to recultivate old friendships.

  • We need to recultivate our friendship after the misunderstanding.

  • She has recultivated her passion for painting over the years.

  • After moving back to her hometown, she worked hard to recultivate old friendships.

  • The organization aims to recultivate traditional crafts that were nearly forgotten.

  • He decided to recultivate his language skills by taking weekly classes.

Synonyms

to restore
vsto recultivate
122 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

goes further by rebuilding and developing qualities or cultural practices intentionally
to revive
vsto recultivate
113 4.2

Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten

stresses careful, effortful redevelopment of skills or cultural practices
to renew
vsto recultivate
97 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

focuses on active, planned development of qualities or practices rather than simple restart
to reestablish
vsto recultivate
37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

emphasizes purposeful renewal and growth of cultural or personal qualities
to revitalize
vsto recultivate
  • US
35 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

targets cultural traits, skills, or relationships for careful renewal and growth
to rekindle
vsto recultivate
32 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

involves planned work to restore and develop the cultural or personal aspect
to resurrect
vsto recultivate
30 6.8

Bring something back into use after it was forgotten

adds intentional development of traditions, skills, or relationships beyond mere return
to reignite
vsto recultivate
17 4.6

To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped

focuses on deliberate cultivation and development rather than simple restarting
to reinvigorate
vsto recultivate
16 5.7

To give new energy and interest to a person or thing

adds a deliberate plan to rebuild and develop qualities or practices
to reinstitute
vsto recultivate
6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

applies this return to cultural or personal qualities through planned effort
to recreate
vsto recultivate
4 5.3

To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy

applies when renewal is deliberate and aims to rebuild culture or skills
to renovate
vsto recultivate
2 4.0

To make a person or thing feel fresh and full of energy

is about purposeful renewal of skills, relationships, or cultural practices beyond repair
to revivify
vsto recultivate
  • Formal
2 8.5

To give new life and energy to people or things

emphasizes intentional redevelopment of cultural or personal qualities
to reinstill
vsto recultivate
  • US
1 5.9

Bring a feeling, idea or quality back into people

focuses on deliberate rebuilding of cultural qualities, skills, or relationships

Antonyms

to neglect
189 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

to deteriorate
130 5.9

To get worse in quality, condition, or value

How Restored

to revive
113 4.2
to recultivate
7.4
to refresh
43 2.8
to relearn
13 4.1

Surface Forms

recultivate infinitive
recultivated past
recultivated past participle
recultivating present participle
recultivates third person singular

Morphology

recultivate = cultivate (semi-transparent) = re + cultivate

The derivation 're-' + 'cultivate' is clear, but the meaning here is extended metaphorically from agriculture to abstract domains (skills, relationships), which may be less immediately obvious to some learners.

Etymology

Recultivate is formed from re- 'again' and cultivate, a word that also means 'to develop or care for', as when you cultivate a skill or culture. So, to recultivate a skill, relationship, or craft is to 'restore or grow it again' by careful work.