domesticate

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16
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18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
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/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/ · /-stə-/ · /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/ · /-kɪt/

Definition of domesticate

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make domestic.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make domestic.
  2. (transitive)To make (more) fit for domestic life.
    “"To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."”
  3. (transitive)To adapt to live with humans.
    “The Russians claim 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.
  6. (transitive)To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.

noun

  1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

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Etymology

First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic + -ate.

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