dompter

Tu domptes des loups avec une plume.
Yes, yes, you tame a pack of wolves with a feather.
Tu domptes l'orgueil de la mer ; Quand ses flots se soulèvent, tu les apaises.
You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
Pour la plupart de nos plantes les plus anciennement cultivées et de nos animaux domptés déjà depuis de longs siècles, il est impossible de décider définitivement s'ils descendent d'une ou de plusieurs espèces sauvages.
In the case of most of our anciently domesticated animals and plants, it is not possible to come to any definite conclusion, whether they are descended from one or several wild species.
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