wean > define

verb

• Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: ablactate
• Detach the affections of. .

• (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.
• (n.) A weanling; a young child.
• (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.