Both Uses
wean
in
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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- That one over there ain't weaned yet.†
Chpt 1weaned = adapted
- Shirley went to New Orleans soon after she weaned him, and now it was just him and Lena in the house down there.†
Chpt 4 *
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)