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do·mes·ti·cate

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–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

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do·mes·ti·ca·tion, noun

do·mes·ti·ca·tive, adjective

do·mes·ti·ca·tor, noun

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do·mes·ti·cate Audio Help (də-měs'tĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates

To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.
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.
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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domesticated
adjective
1.	converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" [syn: domestic]
2.	accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it"

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doˈmesticated1 [-keitid] adjective

(of animals) accustomed to living near and being used by people
Example: Cows and sheep have been domesticated for many thousands of years.

Arabic:	مُدَجَّن
Chinese (Simplified):	驯化的
Chinese (Traditional):	馴化的
Czech:	zdomácnělý
Danish:	tam; tæmmet
Dutch:	tam
Estonian:	kodustatud
Finnish:	kesy, kesytetty
French:	domestiqué
German:	gezähmt
Greek:	εξημερωμένος (για ζώο)
Hungarian:	megszelídített
Icelandic:	taminn
Indonesian:	dipiara
Italian:	addomesticato

Japanese:	飼い慣らされた
Korean:	길들여진
Latvian:	(par dzīvnieku) pieradināts; piejaucēts
Lithuanian:	prijaukintas
Norwegian:	tam, temmet
Polish:	oswojony, udomowiony
Portuguese (Brazil):	domesticado
Portuguese (Portugal):	domesticado
Romanian:	domesticit
Russian:	одомашненный
Slovak:	zdomácnený
Slovenian:	udomačen
Spanish:	domesticado
Swedish:	tam, domesticerad
Turkish:	evcilleştirilmiş

doˈmesticated2 [-keitid] adjective

good at doing jobs associated with running a house
Example: My husband has become very domesticated since I've been ill.

Arabic:	بارِع في الأعْمال البَيتِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	喜做家务的
Chinese (Traditional):	喜做家務的
Czech:	domácký
Danish:	huslig
Dutch:	huiselijk
Estonian:	osav majapidamistöödes
Finnish:	näppärä kotitöissä
French:	d'intérieur
German:	an das häusliche Leben gewöhnt
Greek:	νοικοκύρης, νοικοκυρεμένος
Hungarian:	házias
Icelandic:	vanur húsverkum
Indonesian:	rajin
Italian:	(esperto nelle faccende domestiche)

Japanese:	家事になじんだ
Korean:	가사에 익숙한, 가정적인
Latvian:	mājas darbus protošs
Lithuanian:	pripratęs prie namų ruošos
Norwegian:	huslig
Polish:	chętny do prac domowych
Portuguese (Brazil):	caseiro, doméstico
Portuguese (Portugal):	caseiro
Romanian:	casnic
Russian:	хозяйственный
Slovak:	domácky
Slovenian:	družinski
Spanish:	casero, doméstico
Swedish:	huslig
Turkish:	evcimen