The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Taming.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
   z[aum]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
   Tame, a.]
   1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
      and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
      wild beast.
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            They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
            into savegeness and stubbornness.     --Macaulay.
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   2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
      or passions of youth.
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