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DOMESTICATE

Definition:

1. [verb] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
   Synonyms: cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
   
   
2. [verb] overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
   Synonyms: domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
   
   
3. [verb] make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
   Synonyms: tame
   
   

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• break in, break

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