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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: domesticate v 1: adapt to the environment; "domesticate plants" [syn: {cultivate}, {naturalize}] 2: make (animals) fit for cultivation; "The cow was domesticated a long time ago" 3: make fit for domestic life; of animals [syn: {domesticize}]
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