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| Main Entry: |
domesticate
 [duh-mes-ti-keyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke |
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| Main Entry: | harness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rein in; control |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apply, bind, bridle, channel, check, cinch, collar, constrain, couple, curb, domesticate, employ, equip, exploit, fasten, fetter, fit, furnish, gear, govern, hitch, hold, leash, limit, make productive, mobilize, muzzle, outfit, put in harness, render useful, rig, saddle, secure, strap, tackle, tame, tie, utilize, yoke |
| Antonyms: | release, unharness |
| Main Entry: | reclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restore |
| Synonyms: | domesticate, recall, recover, reform, refurbish, regenerate, repair, resolve, restitute, salvage, save, tame, train |
| Antonyms: | abandon, forfeit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example Sentences
- Don't think you can domesticate it, because you can't.
- Only a tiny fraction of wild plants and animals were both useful and possible to domesticate.
- Their efforts to domesticate emotion with reason were regularly foiled by insurrections of the heart.
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