Lexic.us

Definition of Domesticated

1. Adjective. Converted or adapted to domestic use. "Domesticated plants like maize"

2. Adjective. Accustomed to home life. "Some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it"

Definition of Domesticated

1. Adjective. (qualifier of an animal, especially a pet) Tame, naturalized. ¹

2. Verb. (past of domesticate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Domesticated

1. domesticate [v] - See also: domesticate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Domesticated

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 domesticated domesticates domesticating domestication domestications

domesticator domesticators domesticise domesticities domesticity domesticize domestick domestics domestique domett

Literary usage of Domesticated

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"As regards the origin of the domesticated cats of western Europe, it is well known that the ancient Egyptians were in the habit of domesticating (at least ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Animals Domesticated for Their Milk.— Though the milk of all domesticated animals is sometimes used, yet it would be fair to say that probably the only ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"It, therefore, includes practically all of the domesticated fowls. ... Here only those in common use, both domesticated and wild, will be referred to. ..."

4. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1892)
"1'or the general purposes of advancement, the llama deserves a place in the first rank of the domesticated animals. Costing little to buy and to feed, ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Of birds, the most important of the domesticated species are gallinaceous—the ... Pea cocks and pigeons are thoroughly domesticated, being kept principally ..."

6. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"A. DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND CULTIVATED PLANTS The history of domesticated animals and cultivated plants shows that it is possible to control or rather guide ..."

7. The Doctrine of the Unity of the Human Race Examined on the Principles of by John Bachman (1850)
"If we now direct our attention to the various races of domesticated animals, we cannot fail to be struck with two facts that have an important bearing in ..."

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