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domify

verb

  1. to divide the heavens into twelve equal parts by means of great circles
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From Middle French domifier.

  1. To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.

    There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.

  2. To tame; to domesticate.

    Its vagrant habit was changed; and it became entirely stationary, and domified