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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Domesticate

/dəm-ĕs'-tək-ātˌ/ · Do·mes·ti·cate · IPA /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
01 v. t. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.
imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.
  1. 1.
    To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.
  2. 2.
    To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
  3. 3.
    To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.