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verb
Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk.
synonym: wean.
is a specific kind of: deprive.
entailment: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse.
derivation: ablactation, weaning.
Dutch: ontwennen, spenen
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