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domesticate
Domesticate (verb) means to turn something into a domestic thing or make it belong to home life.
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1
To turn something into a domestic thing or make it belong to home life.
2
To make someone or something better suited to life at home.
""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.""
— Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic) (2020)
3
To get a wild animal or plant used to living alongside people.
"Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats."
"The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes."
4
(law) To have a legal document formally accepted as valid in a country other than the one where it was first issued.
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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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What is the meaning of domesticate?
"domesticate" (verb) means to turn something into a domestic thing or make it belong to home life.
What is another word for domesticate?
Other words for "domesticate" include domesticise, domesticize, naturalise, tame, naturalize, reclaim.
What are the different meanings of domesticate?
"domesticate" has 3 main meanings: 1. To turn something into a domestic thing or make it belong to home life; 2. To make someone or something better suited to life at home; 3. To get a wild animal or plant used to living alongside people.
