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domesticate
(d/@/'m/E/st/@/,k/eI/t
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verb (v)
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment(verb.change)Example:
Domesticate oats.
source: wordnet30 - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans(verb.change)Example:
The horse was domesticated a long time ago.
source: wordnet30 - To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.(verb)source: webster1913