domesticate
pronunciation
How to pronounce domesticate in British English:
UK [dəˈmestɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce domesticate in American English:
US [dəˈmestɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
Word Origin
- domesticate (v.)
- 1630s, of animals; 1741, of persons, "to cause to be attached to home and family;" from Medieval Latin domesticatus, past participle of domesticare "to tame," literally "to dwell in a house," from domesticus (see domestic). Related: Domesticated; domesticating.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Several species of ant domesticate a kind of insect called an aphid .
- 2. The wild nature younger sister waits to domesticate her coming you .
- 3. Even then , to his credit , ang lee is never tempted to domesticate this cat , except briefly , when both boy and beast are starving and at death 's door .
- 4. We can domesticate the viscous though an indirect attack with dry matter .
- 5. As time went on , many of these first settlers settled down and began to farm and domesticate animals .