Wean v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.]
1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. --Gen. xxi. 8.
2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. “Wean them from themselves.”
The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift.
weaning
n : the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: ablactation]