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   Do·mes·ti·cate

   /dəˈmestəˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce: "mammals were first domesticated for their milk" Similar tametrainbreak ingentlemastersubduesubjugatebring to heelhouse-train
   • ▪ cultivate (a plant) for food: "the potato was first domesticated on Andean slopes" Similar cultivateraiserearnaturalizeestablishacclimatizehabituateassimilateacclimate
   • ▪ make (someone) fond of and good at home life and the tasks that it involves: "you've really domesticated him"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin domesticat- ‘domesticated’, from the verb domesticare, from Latin domesticus ‘belonging to the house’ (see domestic).

   Derivatives

   • 1. domesticable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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