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- The process of weaning had gone on like this for weeks, but the nanny was more intent on weeds than the lesson, and when Tayo left them, the kid goat was back at the tits, a little more careful this time.†
Chpt Allweaning = adapting
- When I was weaned, my grandmother came and took me.†
Chpt All *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)