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| wean [ ween ] (past and past participle weaned, present participle wean·ing, 3rd person present singular weans) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb stop feeding baby with mother's milk: to start feeding a baby or young animal food other than its mother's milk
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2. transitive verb stop somebody from having something: to cause somebody to go without something that has become a habit or that is much liked
  weaning her gradually off the medication
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3. transitive verb accustom somebody to something from childhood: to accustom somebody to something from an early age
children weaned on computer games and videos
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| [ Old English wenian "accustom" < Germanic] |
