 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Domesticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domesticating.}] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See {Domestic}, adjective]
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.
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |