01 v. t. 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; t…
imp. & p. p.
Weaned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weaning
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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.
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Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.“The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life.” — Swift.