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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
do·mes·ti·cate       [duh-mes-ti-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
2.to tame (an animal), esp. 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.
3.to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
4.to accustom to household life or affairs.
5.to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt.
6.to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to domesticate radical ideas.
–verb (used without object)
7.to be domestic.
[Origin: 1635–45; < ML domesticātus (ptp. of domesticāre), equiv. to domestic- domestic + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
do·mes·ti·ca·ble       [duh-mes-ti-kuh-buhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
do·mes·ti·ca·tion, noun
do·mes·ti·ca·tive, adjective
do·mes·ti·ca·tor, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
do·mes·ti·cate       (də-měs'tĭ-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates
  1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.
  2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life.
    1. To train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans.
    2. To introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize.
  4. To bring down to the level of the ordinary person.

n.   (-kət, -kāt')
A plant or animal that has been adapted to live in a human environment.

do·mes'ti·ca'tion n.
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domesticate

verb
1. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" 
2. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" 
3. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Domesticate

Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]

1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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