[do.mes.ti.cate] vt -cat.ed ; -cat.ing (ca. 1639) 1: to bring into domestic use: adopt
2: to adapt (an animal or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans
3: to make domestic: fit for domestic life
4: to bring to the level of ordinary people: familiarize -- do.mes.ti.ca.tion n
[2]do.mes.ti.cate n (1951): a domesticated animal or plant