Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DOM'I-FY
DOM-I-CIL'ING, or DOM-I-CIL'I-A-TINGDOM'IN-ANT
DOM'I-FY, v.t. [L. domus, a house, and facio, to make.]
- In astrology, to divide the heavens into twelve houses, in order to erect a theme or horoscope, by means of six great circles, called circles of position. [Obs.] – Encyc.
- To tame. [Not in use, and improper.]
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