Past tense of domesticate
regular verb
The past tense of domesticate is domesticated. The past participle is also domesticated.
Forms of domesticate
| Base form (V1) | domesticate /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | domesticated |
| Past participle (V3) | domesticated |
| Present participle | domesticating |
| Third person singular | domesticates |
Domesticated in a sentence
- The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
- Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.From the entry colloquially
- The moong bean was domesticated in India, where its progenitor (Vigna radiata subsp. sublobata) occurs wild.2024, Mr. Rohit Manglik, Economic Botany and Biodiversity Conservation, EduGorilla Publication, page 32. From the entry moong bean
- They are also among the first species of plants to be domesticated.2019, Marina F. de-Escalada-Pla, Silvia K. Flores, Adriana P. Castellanos-Fuentes, Carolina E. Genevois, edited by Alexandru Grumezescu…. From the entry cucurbita
Meaning of domesticate
- verb To make domestic.
- verb To make (more) fit for domestic life.
- verb To adapt to live with humans.
Questions about the past tense of domesticate
- What is the past tense of domesticate?
- The past tense of domesticate is domesticated.
- What is the past participle of domesticate?
- The past participle of domesticate is domesticated.
- Is domesticate a regular or irregular verb?
- Domesticate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: domesticate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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