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.
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2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country;
as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
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3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate
wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
domesticated \domesticated\ adj.
1. tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of wild.
Syn: domestic.
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2. accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to
be domesticated; others find gratification in it.
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3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
Syn: naturalized, nonnative.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
domesticated
adj 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"
WordNet (r) 2.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "domesticated":
broken, brought low, chastened, crushed, domestic, dovelike,
gentle, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated,
lamblike, made to grovel, meek, mild, pacific, peaceable, quelled,
quiet, reduced, subdued, submissive, tame, tamed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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