domesticate

Verb

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
  • The horse was domesticated a long time ago
    
  • The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
    

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
  • He tames lions for the circus
    
  • reclaim falcons
    

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  • domesticate oats
    
  • tame the soil
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tame , domesticize , domesticise , reclaim , cultivate , naturalize , naturalise