verb/a.pʁi.vwa.ze/
to tame; to win over, to charm
“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle / Que nul ne peut apprivoiser, / […]” — Love is a rebellious bird / That none can tame, / […]
Synonyms: dompter, dresser
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *apprīvātiāre, from Latin prīvātus (“deprived; freed, released”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”).