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To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

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  1. a. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.
  2. a. To word/cause">cause to be, as it were, of one's word/family">family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
  3. a. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
  4. v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  5. v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
  6. v. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
  7. 1. To make word/domestic">domestic; to word/habituate">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.
  8. v:100 v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable v. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans