domesticate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: domesticate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for domesticate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
domesticate v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" Synonym(s): domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" Synonym(s): domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, 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" Synonym(s): domesticate, tame
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Domesticate \Domes"ticate\, 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.