<hw>Do*mes"ti*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Domesticated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Domesticating.</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>domesticatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>domesticare</ets> to reside in, to tame. See <er>Domestic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make domestic; to habituate to home life; <as>as, to <ex>domesticate</ex> one's self</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; <as>as, to <ex>domesticate</ex> a foreign custom or word</as>.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To tame or reclaim from a wild state; <as>as, to <ex>domesticate</ex> wild animals; to <ex>domesticate</ex> a plant.</as></def>
<h1>Domestication</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Do*mes`ti*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>domestication</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.</def>
<h1>Domesticator</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Do*mes"ti*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who domesticates.</def>
<h1>Domesticity</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Do`mes*tic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>domesticitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>domesticit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.</def>
<h1>Domett</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom"ett</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen.</def>
<i>Blakely.</i>
<h1>Domeykite</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Do"mey*kite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after <ets>Domeyko</ets>, a mineralogist of Chili.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.</def>
<h1>Domical</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.</def>
<h1>Domicile</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom"i*cile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>domicilium</ets>; <ets>domus</ets> house + (prob.) root of <ets>celare</ets> to conceal: cf. F. <ets>domicile</ets>. See <er>Dome</er>, and <er>Conceal</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i>
<h1>Domicile</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom"i*cile</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Domiciled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Domiciling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>domicilier</ets>. Cf. <er>Domiciliate</er>.]</ety> <def>To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate.</def>
<i>Kent.</i>
<h1>Domiciliar</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom`i*cil"i*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of a household; a domestic.</def>
<h1>Domicillary</h1> <Xpage=444>
<hw>Dom`i*cil"l*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>domiciliarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.</def>
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