Hypertext Webster Gateway: "domesticate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
domesticate
v 1: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: {cultivate}, {naturalize},
{naturalise}, {tame}]
2: overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and
tractable; "He tames lions for the circus" [syn: {domesticize},
{domesticise}, {tame}]
3: make (animals) 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"
[syn: {tame}]
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