ancient vs tame

ancient

adj
  • Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. 

  • Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. 

  • Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. 

noun
  • One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. 

  • A person who is very old. 

  • A person who lived in ancient times. 

tame

adj
  • Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. 

  • Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact. 

  • Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme. 

  • Not or no longer wild; domesticated. 

  • Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain. 

  • Not exciting. 

verb
  • To make gentle or meek. 

  • To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. 

  • To become tame or domesticated. 

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