weaned 音标拼音: [w'ind]
weaned adj 1 :
freed of dependence on something especially (
for mammals )
mother '
s milk ; "
the just -
weaned calf bawled for its mother " [
ant : {
unweaned }]
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 ]
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