domesticate
[ duh-mes-ti-keyt ]
/ dəˈmɛs tɪˌkeɪt /
verb (used with object), do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing.
verb (used without object), do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing.
to be domestic.
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domesticate
sometimes US domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz)
/ (dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt) /
verb (tr)
to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation
to accustom to home life
to adapt to an environmentto domesticate foreign trees
Derived Formsdomesticable, adjectivedomestication, noundomesticative, adjectivedomesticator, noun
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Word Origin and History for domesticate
domesticate
1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, "to cause to be attached to home and family;" from Medieval Latin domesticatus, past participle of domesticare "to tame," literally "to dwell in a house," from domesticus (see domestic). Related: Domesticated; domesticating.
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