Definition of Domesticate

1. Verb. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. "Tame the soil"

Exact synonyms: Cultivate, Naturalise, Naturalize, Tame
Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalisation, Naturalization, Naturalization

2. Verb. Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. "Reclaim falcons"
Exact synonyms: Domesticise, Domesticize, Reclaim, Tame
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Break, Break In
Related verbs: Tame
Derivative terms: Tamable, Tameable, Tamer

3. Verb. Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
Exact synonyms: Tame
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Related verbs: Domesticise, Domesticize, Reclaim, Tame

Definition of Domesticate

1. v. t. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

Definition of Domesticate

1. Verb. (transitive) To make domestic. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make fit for domestic life. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created. ¹

6. Noun. An animal or plant that has been domesticated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Domesticate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Medical Definition of Domesticate

1. 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. Origin: LL. Domesticatus, p. P. Of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Domesticate

domestic prelate
domestic relations court
domestic science
domestic servant
domestic sheep
domestic silkworm moth
domestic soap
domestic terrorism
domestic violence
domesticability
domesticable
domestical
domestically
domesticant
domesticants
domesticate (current term)
domesticated
domesticates
domesticating
domestication
domestications
domesticator
domesticators
domesticise
domesticities
domesticity
domesticize
domestick
domestics
domestique

Literary usage of Domesticate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In the Ellice Islands the people domesticate frigate-birds. Large numbers of these pets may be seen about the villages. As the birds are accustomed to visit ..."

2. Town's New Speller and Definer: Containing a New and Complete Key to by Salem Town (1866)
"... t C£n' sfts A BLE, t FUSE, to melt. €ON CEAL', to hide. CR£D' IT, to believe. Fo' w BLE, t €ON CEAL' x BLE, * CRED' IT A BLE, * TAME, to domesticate. ..."

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