| Domesticate | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| domesticated | adj. 1. tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of wild. Syn. -- domestic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] 2. accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals. Syn. -- naturalized, nonnative. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |