Hypertext Webster Gateway: "domesticated"
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)
domesticated
adj 1: converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals";
"domesticated plants like maize" [syn: {domestic}]
2: accustomed to home life; "some men think it unmanly to be
domesticated; others find gratification in it"
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