Do‐mes″ti‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.
2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.