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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]: 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"
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