Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Domesticate

Do-mes′ti-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Domesticated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Domesticating.
]
[LL.
domesticatus
, p. p. of
domesticare
to reside in, to tame. See
Domestic
,
Adj.
]
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 1828 Edition


Domesticate

DOMESTICATE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To make domestic; to retire from the public; to accustom to remain much at home; as, to domesticate ones self.
2.
To make familiar, as if at home.
3.
To accustom to live near the habitations of man; to tame; as, to domesticate wild animals.

Definition 2024


domesticate

domesticate

English

Verb

domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)

  1. (transitive) To make domestic.
  2. (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
  3. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
    The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
  4. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
    Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
  5. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

Translations

Noun

domesticate (plural domesticates)

  1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

Related terms


Italian

Verb

domesticate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of domesticare
  2. second-person plural imperative of domesticare
  3. feminine plural of domesticato