Both Uses of
wean
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Lord love 'ee, neither court-paying, nor preaching, nor the seven thunders themselves, can wean a woman when 'twould be better for her that she should be weaned.†
Chpt 6 *wean = adapt
- Lord love 'ee, neither court-paying, nor preaching, nor the seven thunders themselves, can wean a woman when 'twould be better for her that she should be weaned.†
Chpt 6weaned = adapted
Definition:
to adapt to
in various senses, including:
- "She was weaned at 3 months." -- a mammal's adaption to the removal of breastmilk (note this is the unqualified sense)
- "I weaned myself from cigarettes." -- adapted to the gradual removal of
- "I was weaned on progressive principals" -- raised on or adapted to at a very early age.