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wean

Произношение:
wean
Часть речи:
vt
Происхождение:
[ME wenen, fr. OE wenian to accustom, wean; akin to OE wunian to be used to--more at wont]
Появление:
(bef. 12c)
Определение:
1: to accustom (as a child) to take food otherwise than by nursing 2: to detach from a source of dependence <being ~ed off the medication> <~ the bears from human food --Sports Illus.>; also: to free from a usu. unwholesome habit or interest <~ him off his excessive drinking> <settling his soldiers on the land ... , ~ing them from habits of violence --Geoffrey Carnall> 3: to accustom to something from an early age--used in the passive esp. with on <students ~ed on the microcomputer> <I was ~ed on greasepaint --Helen Hayes> <the principles upon which he had been ~ed --J. A. Michener>

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