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wean Definition


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wean
verb weaned, weaning
    1. To accustom (a baby or young mammal) to taking food other than its mother's milk.
    2. To gradually break someone of a bad habit, etc.
      Example: how to wean him off drugs
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wenian to accustom.



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