domesticate

do·mes·ti·cate  (d-mst-kt)

tr.v. do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates

1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.

2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life.

3.

a. To train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans.

b. To introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize.

4. To bring down to the level of the ordinary person.

n. (-kt, -kt)

A plant or animal that has been adapted to live in a human environment.

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do·mesti·cation n.

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domesticate

Verb

[-cating, -cated]

1. to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation

2. to accustom (someone) to home life

domestication n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	domesticate - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" tame, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
	2.	domesticate - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" domesticise, domesticize, tame, reclaim animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" break in, break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
	3.	domesticate - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" tame animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

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domesticate U.S.sometimes domesticize

verb 1. tame, break, train, house-train, gentle

verb 2. naturalize, accustom, familiarize, habituate, acclimatize