Definitions for domesticate
dəˈmɛs tɪˌkeɪt; -kɪtdo·mes·ti·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tameverb

   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

2. domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tameverb

   overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

   "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

3. domesticate, tameverb

   make 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. domesticatenoun

   An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

2. domesticateverb

   To make domestic.

3. domesticateverb

   To make fit for domestic life.

4. domesticateverb

   To adapt to live with humans.

   The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.

5. domesticateverb

   To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Domesticateverb

   To make domestick; to withdraw from the publick. Clarissa.

   Etymology: from domestick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. domesticate

   Domestication is a sustained multi-generational relationship in which humans assume a significant degree of control over the reproduction and care of another group of organisms to secure a more predictable supply of resources from that group. A broader biological definition is that it is a coevolutionary process that arises from a mutualism, in which one species (the domesticator) constructs an environment where it actively manages both the survival and reproduction of another species (the domesticate) in order to provide the former with resources and/or services. The domestication of plants and animals by humans was a major cultural innovation ranked in importance with the conquest of fire, the manufacturing of tools, and the development of verbal language.Charles Darwin recognized the small number of traits that made domestic species different from their wild ancestors. He was also the first to recognize the difference between conscious selective breeding (i.e. artificial selection) in which humans directly select for desirable traits, and unconscious selection where traits evolve as a by-product of natural selection or from selection on other traits. There is a genetic difference between domestic and wild populations. There is also such a difference between the domestication traits that researchers believe to have been essential at the early stages of domestication, and the improvement traits that have appeared since the split between wild and domestic populations. Domestication traits are generally fixed within all domesticates, and were selected during the initial episode of domestication of that animal or plant, whereas improvement traits are present only in a proportion of domesticates, though they may be fixed in individual breeds or regional populations.The dog was the first domesticated species, and was established across Eurasia before the end of the Late Pleistocene era, well before cultivation and before the domestication of other animals. The archaeological and genetic data suggest that long-term bidirectional gene flow between wild and domestic stocks – including donkeys, horses, New and Old World camelids, goats, sheep, and pigs – was common. Given its importance to humans and its value as a model of evolutionary and demographic change, domestication has attracted scientists from archaeology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, zoology, genetics, and the environmental sciences. Among birds, the major domestic species today is the chicken, important for meat and eggs, though economically valuable poultry include the turkey, guineafowl and numerous other species. Birds are also widely kept as cagebirds, from songbirds to parrots. The longest established invertebrate domesticates are the honey bee and the silkworm. Land snails are raised for food, while species from several phyla are kept for research, and others are bred for biological control. The domestication of plants began at least 12,000 years ago with cereals in the Middle East, and the bottle gourd in Asia. Agriculture developed in at least 11 different centres around the world, domesticating different crops and animals.

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1. domesticate

   To domesticate generally means to tame a wild animal or plant species, adapting it for living in close association with human beings for their benefit. This process typically involves selectively breeding the species for desired traits, altering the natural development and behavior of the organism. Domesticate can also refer to the act of making someone or something more suited to home life or a settled lifestyle.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Domesticateadjective

   to make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self

2. Domesticateadjective

   to cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word

3. Domesticateadjective

   to tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant

4. Etymology: [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]

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How to pronounce domesticate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of domesticate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of domesticate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of domesticate in a Sentence

1. Gerry Bowler:

   They wanted to domesticate Christmas, bring it indoors, and focus it on children.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=domesticate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Domesticate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=domesticate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domesticate