About The Word Domesticate
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Domesticate
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What's The Definition Of Domesticate?
[v] make (animals) fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
[v] overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" Synonyms | Synonyms for Domesticate: cultivate | naturalise | naturalize | tame Related Terms | Find terms related to Domesticate: acclimate | acclimatize | accommodate | accustom | adapt | adjust | anchor | billet at | bivouac | break | break in | break to harness | burrow | bust | camp | case harden | colonize | come to anchor | condition | confirm | domesticize | domiciliate | drop anchor | ensconce | establish | establish residence | familiarize | fix | gentle | habituate | harden | hive | housebreak | inhabit | inure | keep house | live at | locate | master | moor | move | naturalize | nest | orient | orientate | park | people | perch | populate | relocate | reside | roost | season | set up housekeeping | set up shop | settle | settle down | sit down | squat | stand | stay at | strike root | subdue | take residence at | take root | take up residence | tame | train | wont See Also | accommodate | adapt | alter | break | break in | change Domesticate In Webster's Dictionary \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Domesticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domesticating.}] [LL.
domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See
{Domestic}, a.]
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.
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