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 ]