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WEAN, v.t. [G. See Wont.]
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.
And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen. xxi. 8. 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.
The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. Swift. A weanling; a young
child.
I, being but a yearling wean. Mrs. Browning. | ||||||||