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- It's unfortunate about the pocket protector he's wearing, but then I haven't been able to wean my own father from the habit, so it's unlikely I'll ever make any headway with his boss.†
*wean = adapt
- And I'll soon have him weaned off the red leather jacket.†
weaned = adapted
Definitions:
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(1)
(wean) to adapt toin 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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)