Wearied

4 definitions found

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

  Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wearied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wearying}.]
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     1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance
        of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with
        labor or traveling.


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              So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
        by continuance.
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              I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
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     3. To harass by anything irksome.
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              I would not cease
              To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.
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     {To weary out}, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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     Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See {Jade}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wearied
       See {weary}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weary
       adj : physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic"
             [syn: {aweary}]
       v 1: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
            "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
            upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
             {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
       2: get tired of something or somebody [syn: {tire}, {pall}, {fatigue},
           {jade}]
       [also: {wearied}, {weariest}, {wearier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wearied
       adj : exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and
             depressed"- William Styron [syn: {jaded}]