domify

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French domifier.

Verb

domify (third-person singular simple present domifies, present participle domifying, simple past and past participle domified)

1. (astrology, obsolete) To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
   • 1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. VIII, p. 101:

     There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.

2. (obsolete) To tame; to domesticate.

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Derived terms

• domification

Anagrams

• modify