[duh-mes-ti-keyt] 
verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.| 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. |
| 7. | to be domestic. |
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