domesticate

[ duh-mes-ti-keyt ]

/ dəˈmɛs tɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object), do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing.

to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.

to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild.

to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.

to accustom to household life or affairs.

to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt.

to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to domesticate radical ideas.

verb (used without object), do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing.

to be domestic.

Origin of domesticate

1635–45; < Medieval Latin domesticātus (past participle of domesticāre), equivalent to domestic- domestic + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM domesticate

do·mes·ti·ca·ble

[duh-mes-ti-kuh-buh l] /dəˈmɛs tɪ kə bəl/, adjective do·mes·ti·ca·tion, noun do·mes·ti·ca·tive, adjective do·mes·ti·ca·tor, noun

non·do·mes·ti·cat·ed, adjective non·do·mes·ti·cat·ing, adjective o·ver·do·mes·ti·cate, verb (used with object), o·ver·do·mes·ti·cat·ed, o·ver·do·mes·ti·cat·ing. un·do·mes·ti·ca·ble, adjective un·do·mes·ti·cat·ed, adjective well-do·mes·ti·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby domesticate

domestic prelate, domestic science, domestic system, domestic violence, domestic-relations court, domesticate, domesticity, domestique, domett, domical, domical vault

Example sentences from the Web for domesticable

Mammalia, value of class as source of domesticable animals, 149.

Domesticated Animals |Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
My conclusion is, that all domesticable animals of any note have long ago fallen under the yoke of man.

Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development |Francis Galton

British Dictionary definitions for domesticable

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 environment to domesticate foreign trees

Derived forms of domesticate

domesticable, adjective domestication, noun domesticative, adjective domesticator, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

domesticate

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.

Origin of domesticate

OTHER WORDS FROM domesticate

Words nearby domesticate

Example sentences from the Web for domesticable

British Dictionary definitions for domesticable

sometimes US domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz)

verb (tr)

Derived forms of domesticate

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

domesticate

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.

Origin of domesticate

OTHER WORDS FROM domesticate

Words nearby domesticate

Example sentences from the Web for domesticable

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []) .push({}); British Dictionary definitions for domesticable

sometimes US domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz)

verb (tr)

Derived forms of domesticate

British Dictionary definitions for domesticable