domify
verbEtymology From Middle French domifier.
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Astrology, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences Obsolete To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
- There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, volume VIII, page 101:
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Obsolete To tame; to domesticate.
- Its vagrant habit was changed; and it became entirely stationary, and domifiedFebruary 18 1814, letter to Richard Peters:
- Derived terms
- domification