domesticate

== English == === Pronunciation === verb IPA(key): /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/, /-stə-/ noun IPA(key): /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/, /-stə-/, /-kɪt/ Hyphenation: do‧mes‧ti‧cate === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Verb ==== domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated) (transitive) To make domestic. (transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created. (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture. Antonym: foreignize ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1860; borrowed from Medieval Latin domesticātus (“domesticated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== domesticate (plural domesticates) An animal or plant that has been domesticated. === Anagrams === coestimated, comediettas == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== domesticate inflection of domesticare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== domesticate f pl feminine plural of domesticato == Spanish == === Verb === domesticate second-person singular voseo imperative of domesticar combined with te