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asuna,
To wean is the action of getting a pup or a baby for that matter used to *stop* drinking his mother's milk.
(taken from merriam-webster online)
Pronunciation: 'wEn
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian to accustom, wean; akin to Old English wunian to be used to -- more at WONT
Date: before 12th century
1 : to accustom (as a child) to take food otherwise than by nursing
2 : to detach from a source of dependence <being weaned off the medication> <wean the bears from human food -- Sports Illus.>; also : to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest <wean him off his excessive drinking> <settling his soldiers on the land..., weaning them from habits of violence -- Geoffrey Carnall>
3 : to accustom to something from an early age -- used in the passive especially with on <students weaned on the microcomputer> <I was weaned on greasepaint -- Helen Hayes> <the principles upon which he had been weaned -- J. A. Michener>
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