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Domesticate

Domesticate Definition And Meaning
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 \Domes"ticate\, 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.

Domesticate Definition And Meaning

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

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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