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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
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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.]
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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.
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And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made
a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
--Gen. xxi. 8.
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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.
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The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us
gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wean \Wean\, n.
A weanling; a young child.
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I, being but a yearling wean. --Mrs.
Browning.
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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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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
alien, alienate, blunt, break of, bring over, chill, convince, cool, cure, damp, dampen, deflect, deter, disaccustom, disaffect, discourage, disincline, disinterest, distract, disunify, disunite, divert, evangelize, indispose, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, put off, quench, repel, stop, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, wean from, win over |
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Common Misspellings > |
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