domesticise

• Verbe désuet signifiant rendre domestique ou apprivoiser ; soumettre au contrôle domestique.

An obsolete verb meaning to make domestic or to tame; to bring under domestic control.

1. Tame or make docileB2formal

   To overcome the wildness of an animal; to make it docile and tractable, suitable for living with humans.

   Apprivoiser, domestiquer

   • It took years to domesticise the wild horses.
   • Farmers have learned to domesticise various species for agriculture.
   • The process to domesticise a wolf is extremely challenging.

   Synonymesbreakdomesticategentlehousebreakmellowsubduetametrain

   Antonymeswild