transitive. To bring (a wild animal, etc.) under the control of man; to reclaim from the wild state, to domesticate; = tame, v.1 1.

transitive. To bring (a wild animal) under the control or into the service of man; to reclaim from the wild state, to domesticate. Also figurative.

= afaite, v. 5 3.

To tame, break in (an animal). Obsolete.

transitive. To train (a hawk, hound, etc.) to obedience; to tame; (also) to educate (a child).

transitive. To subdue, reduce to obedience; esp. to tame or train (an animal). Frequently applied to a hawk (cf. sense 1a). Obsolete.

To discipline, train, break in (e.g. a horse or dog). Obsolete.

transitive. To train (a hawk, a dog, a horse); cf. make-hawk, n. Also with defining phrase, as for the river, to the hood. †Also (in Turberville): to…

transitive. To tame (an animal). Obsolete.

To reduce to obedience or discipline, tame, train (horses or other animals, also human beings); to subject or habituate to. Now also to break in…

transitive. To begin training (an animal, esp. a hunting animal); to train (a hawk) to fly after quarry; to break in (a horse). Also with at, to, with…

transitive. To teach (an animal) a particular behaviour, esp. to obey orders; to make (an animal) capable of performing a particular task or…

To mutilate (an animal) so as to render it incapable of doing mischief. Almost exclusively spec. to expeditate, v. (a dog). Obsolete exc. Historical.

transitive. To train or break in (a horse or other riding animal). Obsolete.

transitive. To make meek; to humble, soften, tame; †to mitigate, calm, soothe (obsolete); to lessen the violence of; to bring low, abase.

To bring or reduce to order; to reclaim from disorder, wildness, etc., to tame.

transitive. To tame (an animal), to make obedient.

= cicurate, v.

transitive. To tame.

transitive. To tame, to domesticate; transferred to render mild or harmless.

transitive. To tame. rare.

transitive. To tame or domesticate (an animal). Cf. familiar, adj. 4a. Now rare.

To accustom (an animal) to live under the care and near the habitations of man; to tame or bring under control; transferred to civilize.

transitive. To tame, train, or break in (an animal, esp. a horse).

transitive. = domesticate, v.

transitive. In extended use: to tame or domesticate (an animal).

transitive. To tame or train (an animal, esp. a horse). Cf. school, v.1 6a.

To accustom to a house or permanent dwelling-place; to domesticate (animals). Obsolete. rare.