"Tame" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wlld-ness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are descrlbed as domita) natura
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or
passions of youth.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame
bird.
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and
familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull;
flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide;
to distribute; to deal out.
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
Read the complete definitionTo reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for …
Read the complete definitionThe quality or state of being tame.
Read the complete definitionLiving in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not …
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