Wean
Wean , transitive verb
[Old English wenen, Anglo-Saxon wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to Dutch wennen, German gewohnen, Old High German giwennan, Icelandic venja, Swedish vanja, Danish vanne, Icelandic vanr accustomed, wont; compare Anglo-Saxon āwenian to wean, German entwohnen. See Wont, a.]
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.
2.
Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.
Wean them from themselves.
The troubles of age were intended... to wean us gradually from our fondness of life.
Wean , noun
A weanling; a young child.
I, being but a yearling wean.