wean
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
weanedness
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a word derived from
wean.
Example Sentences
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I find that if for a month or two I steadily set myself to the unwearied pursuit of spirituality of mind and entire weanedness from the world, a sad reaction will follow.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
The character of Elizabeth was such, her weanedness from the world, her mild and heavenly spirit, as to have secured almost the idolatrous veneration of those who knew her.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
