domesticate
/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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 verb
noun
An animal or plant that has been domesticated.
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes."
- "Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats."
Etymology
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.