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 undomesticated

Undomesticated animals do not die of it; domesticated ones do.

The Funny Side of Physic |A. D. Crabtre
Of all the undomesticated animals of Palestine, none is mentioned so frequently as the Lion.

Bible Animals; |J. G. Wood
For she was very lightly clad; and (except in Egypt) Cats are terrible to undomesticated goddesses.

The Valley of Vision |Henry Van Dyke
This penalty to future generations for becoming Christians was afterwards extended to all the undomesticated races.

The Philippine Islands |John Foreman

Incidentally there was a good deal of unauthorized and undomesticated livestock.

A Yankee in the Trenches |R. Derby Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for undomesticated

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

Words nearby domesticate

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British Dictionary definitions for undomesticated

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 undomesticated

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sometimes US domesticize (dəˈmɛstɪˌsaɪz)

verb (tr)

Derived forms of domesticate

British Dictionary definitions for undomesticated