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domesticate

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  1. 1. a. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 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 Source: ecdict

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