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Definition of Domesticate

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

2. Verb. Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. "Reclaim falcons"

3. Verb. Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"

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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