domesticated; domesticating
Definition of domesticate
(Entry 1 of 2)
2 : to adapt (an animal or plant) over time from a wild or natural state especially by selective breeding to life in close association with and to the benefit of humans
The Asian equids, including the now-endangered Przewalski's horse, apparently provided the stock from which the horse was domesticated five to six thousand years ago.— Bruce J. MacFadden But every reader addicted to coffee can thank ancient Ethiopian farmers for domesticating the coffee plant.— Jared Diamond
3 : to cause to become adapted to life in a household : to make fit for domestic life
wasn't interested in becoming domesticated
4 : to bring to the level of ordinary people
domesticate
nounDefinition of domesticate (Entry 2 of 2)
: a domesticated (see domesticate entry 1 sense 2) animal or plant
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The first known use of domesticate was circa 1639
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