Weaned

2 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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