domesticate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /-stə-/
- /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
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.
Meanings
- (transitive) To make domestic.
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(transitive) 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."
2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4263: Peer Decompression:
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(intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- (transitive) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| domesticating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| domesticates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| domesticated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| domesticated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
domesticated · domesticatable · overdomesticate · undomesticate · redomesticate · domesticator · domestication · self-domesticate
Translations (74)
pl udomowiać się ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ang temian (to make domestic) · enm daunten ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · io domestikeskar ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pt domesticar (to make fit for domestic life) · fr domestiquer ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · da tæmme (to make domestic) · ro domestici ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pt domesticar ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · qu uyway ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ca domesticar (to make domestic) · ru прируча́ть (to make domestic) · ang temian (to make fit for domestic life) · da tæmme ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · el εξημερώνω ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · da tæmme (to make fit for domestic life) · da tæmme ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · hu háziasít ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · sv domesticera ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · nl domesticeren (to make domestic) · pl udomawiać ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · tr evcilleşmek ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ang temian ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · fi kesyttää (to make domestic) · la domesticō (to make domestic) · pl udomowić się ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · hy ընտելացնել (to make domestic) · is temja ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ru приручи́ть (to make domestic) · es domesticar ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · es domesticarse ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · hu domesztikál ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pl udomawiać się ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · it addomesticare ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · io domestikigar ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · da domesticere ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · nl domesticeren (to make fit for domestic life) · pl udomowiać ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · da gøre til husdyr ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pl udomowić ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · bg опитомявам (to make domestic) · pl udamawiać ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · hy ընտելանալ ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · vi thuần hoá ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · fi kesyttää ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pt domesticar-se ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · cmn 歸化 /归化 (translation studies) · el εξημερώνω (to make fit for domestic life) · fi kesyyntyä ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · es domesticar (to make fit for domestic life) · tr ehlileştirmek ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · es domesticar (to make domestic) · uk одома́шнити ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · nl domesticeren ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · pt domesticar (to make domestic) · tr ehlileşmek ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ro domestici (to make domestic) · pl udamawiać się ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ca domesticar ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · cmn 馴化 /驯化 ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ru одома́шнить ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · uk одома́шнювати ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · nb domestisere ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · gl domesticar (to make domestic) · hy ընտելացնել ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · tr evcilleştirmek ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · cmn 馴化 /驯化 ((intransitive) to adapt to live with humans) · ru одома́шнивать ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · bg опитомявам (to make fit for domestic life) · ja 馴らす ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · el εξημερώνω (to make domestic) · it domesticare ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · gl domesticar ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans) · de domestizieren ((transitive) to adapt to live with humans)