verb
- Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
- usage: "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- synonyms: cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
- Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
- usage: "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
- synonyms: domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
- Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.
- usage: "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
- synonyms: tame
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