'Taming' definitions:

Definition of 'Taming'

From: GCIDE
  • Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[aum]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See Tame, a.]
  • 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. [1913 Webster]
  • They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. [1913 Webster]

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