Both Uses
wean
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Angela's Ashes
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- This is the best thing for nursing mothers and for those who are long weaned.†
Chpt 2weaned = adapted
- Barely weaned before you clamor for the whiskey bottle, the pint of stout.†
Chpt 16 *
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)