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tame
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[aum]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See Tame, a.] 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. [1913 Webster] They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.] 1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. [1913 Webster] 2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. [1913 Webster] Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. [1913 Webster] Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle. [1913 Webster]
