Ablactate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ablactate \Ab*lac"tate\, v. t. [L. ablactatus, p. p. of
     ablactare; ab + lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk.]
     To wean. [R.] --Bailey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ablactate
       v : gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned
           her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on
           powdered milk" [syn: {wean}]