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Domesticate   /dəmˈɛstəkˌeɪt/   Listen
Domesticate

verb
(past & past part. domesticated; pres. part. domesticating)
1.
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.  Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame.  "Tame the soil"
2.
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.  Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame.  "Reclaim falcons"
3.
Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.  Synonym: tame.  "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"






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Words linked to "Domesticate" :   beast, tame, break in, cultivate, plant life, creature, accommodate, modify, reclaim, adapt, plant, naturalize, break, brute, flora, animate being, change, domesticize, domesticise, alter, animal, fauna



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