What does "domesticate" mean?
Domesticate: To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
Additional senses
- 2.To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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