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Webster 1828 Edition


Weaning

WEANING

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ppr.
Accustoming or reconciling, as a young child or other animal, to a want of the breast; reconciling to the want of any object of desire.

Definition 2024


weaning

weaning

English

Noun

weaning (countable and uncountable, plural weanings)

  1. The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependant on the mother for nourishment.

Translations

Verb

weaning

  1. present participle of wean