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WEANED
weaned
(adjective) freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother’s milk; “the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
weaned
simple past tense and past participle of wean
Synonyms
• ablactated
Anagrams
• deewan
Source: Wiktionary
WEAN
Wean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.] Etym: [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gewöhnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. vänja, Dan. vænne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS. awenian to wean, G. entwöhnen. See Wont, a.]
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. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen. xxi. 8.
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. The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. Swift.
Wean, n.
Definition: A weanling; a young child. I, being but a yearling wean. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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