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   wean

   /wiːn/

   verb

   • 1. accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.
   • ▪ accustom (someone) to managing without something which they have become dependent on: "the doctor tried to wean her off the sleeping pills"
   • ▪ be strongly influenced by (something), especially from an early age: "I was weaned on a regular diet of Hollywood fantasy"

   Word Origin Old Englishwenian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wennen and German entwöhnen.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

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