ablactate
v. wean, break a child or young animal from its mother's milk | ||||
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Ablactate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Ablactate
(v. t.)
To wean.
(v. t.)
To wean.
| WordNet 2.0 |
ablactate
Verb
1. gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"
(synonym) wean
(hypernym) deprive
(entail) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
Verb
1. gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"
(synonym) wean
(hypernym) deprive
(entail) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
| hEnglish - advanced version |
ablactate
ablactate
\ab*lac"tate\ (&?;), v. t. [l. ablactatus, p. p. of ablactare; ab + lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk.] to wean. [r.]
ablactate
\ab*lac"tate\ (&?;), v. t. [l. ablactatus, p. p. of ablactare; ab + lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk.] to wean. [r.]