v. t. | 1. | To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. |
a. | 1. | Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; |
2. | Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. | |
3. | Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; | |
v. t. | 1. | To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; |
2. | To subdue; to conquer; to repress; |