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Weaning   /wˈinɪŋ/   Listen
Weaning

noun
1.
The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.  Synonym: ablactation.





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... passed from politics to religion. "I am fond of fun," said he, "I think it is the sign of a clear conscience. My life has been spent among sailors. I have begun with many a blue jacket hail-fellow-well-met in my own rough way, and have ended in weaning him from wicked courses. None of your gloomy religion for me. When I see a man whose religion makes him melancholy, and averse from gaiety, I tell him his ...
— Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family • Andrew Archibald Paton
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... up in the Royal nursery for the reception of two Alderney cows, preparatory to the weaning of the infant Princess; which delicate duty Mrs. Lilly commences on ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
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... upon the temple and its service. The purpose of these was explained above in connection with the institution of sacrifice, namely that it was a concession to the primitive ideas and customs of the people of those times for the purpose of gradually weaning them ...
— A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy • Isaac Husik
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Words linked to "Weaning" :   wean, commutation, substitution, exchange


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