Definitions for: Wean

[v] gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"
[v] detach the affections of

Webster (1913) Definition: 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["a]nja, Dan. v[ae]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS.
[=a]wenian to wean, G. entw["o]hnen. 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.
A weanling; a young child.

I, being but a yearling wean. --Mrs.
Browning.

Synonyms: ablactate

See Also: alien, alienate, breastfeed, deprive, disaffect, estrange, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse

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