domesticate

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/ / /-stə-/ / /-kɪt/ / /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1860; borrowed from Medieval Latin domesticātus (“domesticated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic + -ate.

To make domestic.
To make (more) fit for domestic life.
“"To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."”
To adapt to live with humans.
“The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.”
To adapt to live with humans.
“Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.”
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.