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Webster 1913 Edition
Domesticate
Do-mes′ti-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Domesticated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Domesticating.
] 1.
To make domestic; to habituate to home life;
as, to
. domesticate
one’s self2.
To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country;
as, to
. domesticate
a foreign custom or word3.
To tame or reclaim from a wild state;
as, to
domesticate
wild animals; to domesticate
a plant.Webster 1828 Edition
Domesticate
DOMESTICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make domestic; to retire from the public; to accustom to remain much at home; as, to domesticate ones self.2.
To make familiar, as if at home.3.
To accustom to live near the habitations of man; to tame; as, to domesticate wild animals.Definition 2025
domesticate
domesticate
English
Verb
domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)
- (transitive) To make domestic.
- (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
- (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
- (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
Translations
to make domestic
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to make fit for domestic life
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(transitive) to adapt to live with humans
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(intransitive) to adapt to live with humans
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Noun
domesticate (plural domesticates)
Related terms
Italian
Verb
domesticate
- second-person plural present indicative of domesticare
- second-person plural imperative of domesticare
- feminine plural of domesticato