ablactate

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Verb (transitive)
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ab=lac=tate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb ablactate has 1 sense

  • ablactate(v = verb.consumption) wean - gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
  • is one way to deprive
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody

CIDE DICTIONARY

ablactatev. t. [L. ablactatus, p. p. of ablactare; ab + lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk.].
     To wean.  Bailey.  [1913 Webster]

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