domesticate

1. (transitive)To make domestic.

   прируча́тьpriručátʹ, приручи́тьpriručítʹ

   make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

2. (transitive)To make (more) fit for domestic life.

3. (transitive)To adapt to live with humans.

   The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.

   domestizieren

   одома́шниватьodomášnivatʹ, одома́шнитьodomášnitʹ

   одома́шнюватиodomášnjuvaty, одома́шнитиodomášnyty

4. (transitive)To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

5. (transitive)To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.

1. A donkey is a domesticated ass.

   ruИшак – это домашний осёл.

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2. A ferret is a domesticated weasel.

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3. A dog is a domesticated wolf.

   ruСобака - это одомашненный волк.

   deDer Hund ist ein domestizierter Wolf.

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4. We didn't domesticate cats; cats domesticated us.

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5. The animals which live on farms are domesticated.

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