transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwēn ]
transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian to accustom, wean; akin to Old English wunian to be used to — more at wont
Date: before 12th century
1. : to accustom (as a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
2. : to detach from a source of dependence
being wean ed off the medication
wean the bears from human food — Sports Illus.
also : to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest
wean him off his excessive drinking
settling his soldiers on the land…, wean ing them from habits of violence — Geoffrey Carnall
3. : to accustom to something from an early age — used in the passive especially with on
students wean ed on the Internet for research
I was wean ed on greasepaint — Helen Hayes
the principles upon which he had been wean ed — J. A. Michener