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domesticate

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11 lettersPronunciation /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acdeeimosttStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

Word origin

First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic + -ate.

Used in a sentence

  • "To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."
  • The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
  • Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

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