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Webster 1913 Edition


Domify

Dom′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
domus + -fy
: cf. F.
domifier
.]
1.
(Astrol.)
To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See
House
, in astrological sense.
[Obs.]
2.
To tame; to domesticate.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Domify

DOMIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L., a house; to make.]
1.
In astrology, to divide the heavens into twelve houses, in order to erect a theme or horoscope, by means of six great circles, called circles of position.
2.
To tame. [Not in use and improper.]

Definition 2024


domify

domify

English

Verb

domify (third-person singular simple present domifies, present participle domifying, simple past and past participle domified)

  1. (astrology, obsolete) To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
    • 1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. VIII, p. 101:
      There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.
  2. (obsolete) To tame; to domesticate.
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