Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEAN, v.t. [Sax. wenan, gewænan, to accustom; from the root of wone, wont; gewunian, to delay; D. wenan, afwenan; G. entwöhnen; Sw. vänja. See Wont.]

1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of the breast. And the child grew and was weaned. Gen. xxi.
2. To detach or alienate, as the affections, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of any thing; as, to wean the heart from temporal enjoyments.