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domesticize
verb
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
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He tames lions for the circus

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reclaim falcons

Syn: ↑domesticate, ↑domesticise, ↑reclaim, ↑tame
Derivationally related forms: ↑tameable (for: ↑tame), ↑tamable (for: ↑tame), ↑tamer (for: ↑tame)
Topics: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑beast, ↑brute, ↑creature, ↑fauna
Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
Hyponyms: ↑break in, ↑break
Verb Group: ↑domesticate, ↑tame
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody


Useful english dictionary. 2012.