different between domesticated vs domesticate

English

Etymology

domesticate +? -ed

Verb

domesticated

1. simple past tense and past participle of domesticate

Adjective

domesticated (comparative more domesticated, superlative most domesticated)

1. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet) selectively bred to live with or around humans.

Antonyms

• undomesticated

Translations

English

Etymology

domestic +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /d??m?st?ke?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /d??m?st?k?t/

Verb

domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)

1. (transitive) To make domestic.
2. (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
3. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.

4. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

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.

   Antonym: foreignize

Translations

Noun

domesticate (plural domesticates)

1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

Related terms

• domesticated
• domestication

Anagrams

• coestimated, comediettas

Italian

Verb

domesticate

1. second-person plural present indicative of domesticare
2. second-person plural imperative of domesticare
3. feminine plural of domesticato