WEAN


Meaning of WEAN in English

v.tr. 1 accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than (esp. its mother's) milk. 2 (often foll. by from, away from) disengage (from a habit etc.) by enforced discontinuance.

[ OE wenian accustom f. Gmc: cf. WONT ]

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