Definition of "domesticate"

domesticate

/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated
1. (transitive) To make domestic.
2. (transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life.
  Quotations
  "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."
  2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4263: Peer Decompression
3. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
4. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
5. (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.
6. (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
noun
plural domesticates
1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.