dameti : [dam + e] tames; trains; masters; converts.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Dameti [Sk. damayati, caus. to dāmyati of *dam to bring into the house, to domesticate; Gr. dama/w, dmhto/s; Lat. domare; Oir. dam (ox); Goth. tamjan=Ohg. zemman=Ags. temian=E. tame; to *demā of dama house, see dampati] to make tame, chastise, punish, master, conquer, convert Vin ii.196 (daṇḍena); M ii.102; Dh 80, 305 (attānaŋ); It 123 (ppr. [danto] damayataŋ seṭṭho [santo] samayataŋ isi); Miln 14, 386; PvA 54 (core d.=converted).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

dameti, damayati(caus. of [dammati調伏]): 使調伏

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