domesticare

domesticare , to domesticate, tame. b to adopt into household. c (p. ppl.) familiar, intimate. 1174 a quibusdam dicitur Machabeus ~asse accipitres in avium capturam P. Blois Ep. 61. 183A; hic [falco] ad nutum civium ‥, tanquam [? avis] mansueta et ad hoc ~ata, anates et alias aves ‥ persequi solebat et ad terram ‥ coercere Gir. TH II 37; cum ‥ sic ~averint eos [dracones] Bacon Maj. II 211 (cf. (v. domare 2a)); merula ~ata contra suam naturam carnes comedit Upton 174.  b antichristianos papas ‥ caesareos clericos ‥ filios diaboli et diabolos incarnatos ‥ non ~andos in filios Netter DAF I 138.  c s1390 ad ‥ ~atiorem familiaritatem (v. collibertus b).