Wean

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Weaned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.]
	1.	To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. - Gen. xxi. 8.
	2.	Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. - Swift.
n.	1.	A weanling; a young child. I, being but a yearling wean. - Mrs. Browning.

Verb	1.	wean - gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk" Synonyms: ablactate
	2.	wean - detach the affections of

alien, alienate, blunt, break of, bring over, chill, convince, cool, cure, damp, dampen, deflect, deter, disaccustom, disaffect, discourage, disincline, disinterest, distract, disunify, disunite, divert, evangelize, indispose, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, put off, quench, repel, stop, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, wean from, win over

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