noun
definition
An animal or plant that has been domesticated.
verb
definition
To make domestic.
definition
To make fit for domestic life.
definition
To adapt to live with humans.
example
The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
definition
To adapt to live with humans.
example
Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
definition
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
definition
To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
Examples of domesticate in a Sentence
All attempts to domesticate it have failed.
Trying to domesticate wild animals without proper training is dangerous, so unless you work for a zoo or animal sanctuary, you should not attempt to buy a chimpanzee.
In order to domesticate or naturalize the former class in countries not extremely differing from that from which the species was brought, it will not be necessary to acclimatize, in the strict sense of the word.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, beginning in 1861, to domesticate the camel for this purpose.