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adj
Tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; (by extension) mild; meek; humble; docile
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verb
To cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled
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History
From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”).
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