'Domesticating' definitions:

Definition of 'Domesticating'

From: GCIDE
  • Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]
  • 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. [1913 Webster]