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Webster 1913 Edition
Tame
Tame
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
entamer
to cut into, to broach.] To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he
tameth
his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. Fuller.
Tame
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Tamer
; sup
erl.
Tamest
.] [AS.
tam
; akin to D. tam
, G. zahm
, OHG. zam
, Dan. & Sw. tam
, Icel. tamr
, L. domare
to tame, Gr. [GREEK], Skr. dam
to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem
. √61. Cf. Adamant
, Diamond
, Dame
, Daunt
, Indomitable
.] 1.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic;
as, a
. tame
deer, a tame
bird2.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Tame
slaves of the laborious plow. Roscommon.
3.
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid;
as, a
. tame
poem; tame
scenery
Syn. – Gentle; mild; meek. See
Gentle
. Tame
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tamed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taming
.] [AS. ]
tamian
, temian
, akin to D. tammen
, temmen
, G. zähmen
, OHG. zemmen
, Icel. temja
, Goth. gatamjan
. See Tame
, Adj.
1.
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate;
as, to
. tame
a wild beastThey had not been
tamed
into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. Macaulay.
2.
To subdue; to conquer; to repress;
as, to
. tame
the pride or passions of youthWebster 1828 Edition
Tame
TAME
, a.1.
That has lost its native wildness and shyness; mild; accustomed to man; domestic; as a tame deer; a tame bird.2.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. And you, tame slaves of the laborious plow.
3.
Spiritless; unanimated; as a tame poem. [Not elegant nor in use.TAME
,Verb.
T.
1.
To reclaim; to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; as, to tame a wild beast.2.
To civilize; as, to tame the ferocious inhabitants of the forest.3.
To subdue; to conquer; to depress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.4.
To subdue; to repress; as wildness or licentiousness. The tongue can no man tame. James 3.