domesticate

[ duh-mes-ti-keyt ]

/ dəˈmɛs tɪˌkeɪt /

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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

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Example sentences from the Web for domesticated

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We sink into the domesticated blandness of our interchangeable, modern-era selves.

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He compared the sizes of domesticated animals everywhere he went.

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Of course 'primitive' man has no domesticated animals, and does not sacrifice anything to anybody.

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As the engines, with their engineers and firemen, are changed here, many of the employees are domesticated.

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We have also chosen several Norse names for our domesticated animals.

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He would not say, "What right have you to interfere with the private affairs of another man's domesticated fauna?"

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British Dictionary definitions for domesticated

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

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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

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Example sentences from the Web for domesticated

British Dictionary definitions for domesticated

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

Words related to domesticated

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sometimes US domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz)

verb (tr)

Derived forms of domesticate

British Dictionary definitions for domesticated