domesticate

domesticate
Synonyms and related words:
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, anchor, billet at, bivouac, break, break in, break to harness, burrow, bust, camp, case harden, colonize, come to anchor, condition, confirm, domesticize, domiciliate, drop anchor, ensconce, establish, establish residence, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, hive, housebreak, inhabit, inure, keep house, live at, locate, master, moor, move, naturalize, nest, orient, orientate, park, people, perch, populate, relocate, reside, roost, season, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, sit down, squat, stand, stay at, strike root, subdue, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tame, train, wont

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • domesticate — index inure (accustom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • domesticate — (v.) 1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, to cause to be attached to home and family; from M.L. domesticatus, pp. of domesticare to tame, lit. to dwell in a house, from domesticus (see DOMESTIC (Cf. domestic)). Related: Domesticated;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • domesticate — [v] tame; habituate acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke; concepts 202,285 …   New thesaurus

  • domesticate — ► VERB 1) tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce. 2) cultivate (a plant) for food. DERIVATIVES domestication noun …   English terms dictionary

  • domesticate — [dō mes′ti kāt΄, dəmes′tə kāt΄] vt. domesticated, domesticating [< ML domesticatus, pp. of domesticare, to tame, live in a family < L domesticus < domus: see DOME] 1. to accustom to home life; make domestic 2. a) to tame (wild animals)… …   English World dictionary

  • domesticate — re·domesticate; un·domesticate; domesticate; …   English syllables

  • domesticate — UK [dəˈmestɪkeɪt] / US [dəˈmestɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms domesticate : present tense I/you/we/they domesticate he/she/it domesticates present participle domesticating past tense domesticated past participle domesticated to train an… …   English dictionary

  • domesticate — domesticable /deuh mes ti keuh beuhl/, adj. domestication, n. domesticative, adj. domesticator, n. /deuh mes ti kayt /, v., domesticated, domesticating. v.t. 1. to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame. 2. to tame (an animal),… …   Universalium

  • domesticate — [[t]dəme̱stɪkeɪt[/t]] domesticates, domesticating, domesticated VERB When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. [V n] Presumably, we domesticated the dog to help us with… …   English dictionary

  • domesticate — prijaukinimas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Laukinių gyvūnų ar paukščių pripratinimas gyventi žmogaus namuose. atitikmenys: angl. domesticate vok. Bändigung, f; Zähmung, f rus. приручение, n …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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