1. (v.t.)domesticate to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses.
2. domesticate to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal or for food, usu. compromising its ability to live in the wild.
3. domesticate to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
5. domesticate to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use.
6. (v.i.)domesticate to adjust to domestic life.
7. (n.)domesticate something, as an animal, that has been domesticated.
Etymology: (1635–45; < ML domesticātus, ptp. of domesticāre, v. der. of L domesticusdomestic)
Definition of 'domesticate'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame adapt (a wildplant or unclaimed land) to the environment "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
2. (verb)domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
3. (verb)domesticate, tame 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"
Definition of 'domesticate'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)domesticate to make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self
2. (adj)domesticate to cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word
3. (adj)domesticate to tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant
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