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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
wean v 1: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" [syn: wean, ablactate] 2: detach the affections of | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Wean \Wean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gew["o]hnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. v[aum]nja, Dan. v[ae]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS. [=a]wenian to wean, G. entw["o]hnen. See Wont, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. [1913 Webster] And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. --Gen. xxi. 8. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. "Wean them from themselves." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Wean \Wean\, n. A weanling; a young child. [1913 Webster] I, being but a yearling wean. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary | ||
Wean Among the Hebrews children (whom it was customary for the mothers to nurse, Ex. 2:7-9; 1 Sam. 1:23; Cant. 8:1) were not generally weaned till they were three or four years old. | ||
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