domesticate
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To make domestic.
- (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
- (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
- (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
Translations
to make domestic
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to make fit for domestic life
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(transitive) to adapt to live with humans
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(intransitive) to adapt to live with humans
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translation studies
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Noun
domesticate (plural domesticates)
Related terms
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
domesticate
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