/ dəˈmestɪkeɪt; NAmE / verb [ vn ]
1.
to make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans
2.
to grow plants or crops for human use
SYN cultivate
3.
(often humorous ) to make sb good at cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make sb enjoy home life :
Some men are very hard to domesticate.
► do·mes·ti·cated adjective :
domesticated animals
They've become a lot more domesticated since they got married.
► do·mes·ti·ca·tion / dəˌmestɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ]:
the domestication of cattle
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin domesticat- domesticated, from the verb domesticare , from Latin domesticus belonging to the house, from domus house.