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Wean

WEAN, verb transitive [G. See [[Wont]].]

1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of the breast.

And the child grew, and was weaned. [[Genesis 21#8|Genesis 21:8]].

2. To detach or alienate, as the affections, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of any thing; as, to wean the heart from temporal enjoyments.