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wean verb [ wiːn ]

• accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.
Origin: Old English wenian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wennen and German entwöhnen .

wean noun

• a young child.
Origin: late 17th century: contraction of wee ane ‘little one’.


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