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Coloq. Weak conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also new conjugation, or regular conjugation, and distinguished from the old conjugation, or irregular conjugation. -- Coloq. Weak declension (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. -- Coloq. Weak side , the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. -- Coloq. weak sore or Coloq. weak ulcer (Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations.
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Weak (?), v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. w�can. wācian. See , a.] To make or become weak; to weaken. [R.]
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Never to seek weaking variety. Marston.
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Weaken (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weakening.]
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1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
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Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Neh. vi. 9.
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2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
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Weaken, v. i. To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. “His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied.” Shak.
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Weakener (?), n. One who, or that which, weakens. “[Fastings] weakeners of sin.” South.
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Weakfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See .
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Coloq. Spotted weakfish (Zoöl.), the spotted squeteague.
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Weak-hearted (?), a. Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. “Weak-hearted enemies.” Shak.
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Weakish, a. Somewhat weak; rather weak.
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Weakishness, n. Quality or state of being weakish.
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Weak-kneed (?), a. Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.
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Weakling (?), n. [Weak + -ling.] A weak or feeble creature. Shak. “All looking on him as a weakling, which would post to the grave.” Fuller.
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We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. Latimer.
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Weakling, a. Weak; feeble. Sir T. North.
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Weakly, adv. In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.
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Weakly, a. [Compar. Weaklier (?); superl. Weakliest.] Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.
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Weak-minded (?), a. Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. -- Weak-mindedness, n.
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Weakness, n. 1. The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
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2. That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.
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Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. Spectator.
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Syn. -- Feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness.
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Weal (?), n. The mark of a stripe. See .
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Weal, v. t. To mark with stripes. See .
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Weal, n. [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See , adv., and cf. .]
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1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
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God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. Chaucer.
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As we love the weal of our souls and bodies. Bacon.
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To him linked in weal or woe. Milton.
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Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high. Macaulay.
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2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
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The special watchmen of our English weal. Shak.
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Weal, v. t. To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Weal-balanced (?), a. Balanced or considered with reference to public weal. [Obs.] Shak.
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Weald (?), n. [AS. See .] A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.
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Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald,
And heard the spirits of the waste and weald
Moan as she fled. Tennyson.
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Coloq. Weald clay (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See .
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Wealden (?; 277), a. [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See .] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oölitic series.
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Wealden, n. (Geol.) The Wealden group or strata.
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Wealdish, a. Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Wealful (?), a. Weleful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Wealsman (?), n.; pl. Wealsmen (#). [Weal + man.] A statesman; a politician. [R.] Shak.
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Wealth (?), n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See prosperity.]
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1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] “Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.” 1 Cor. x. 24.
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2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
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I have little wealth to lose. Shak.
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Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. Dryden.
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Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. F. A. Walker.
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3. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called personal wealth. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient.
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Coloq. Active wealth . See under .
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Syn. -- Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
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Wealthful (?), a. Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous. [R.] Sir T. More. -- Wealthfully, adv. [R.]
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Wealthily (?), adv. In a wealthy manner; richly.
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I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. Shak.
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Wealthiness, n. The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.
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Wealthy (?), a. [Compar. Wealthier (?); superl. Wealthiest.]
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1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
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A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. Shak.
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Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Ps. lxvi. 12.
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2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]
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The wealthy witness of my pen. B. Jonson.
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Wean (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gewöhnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. vänja, Dan. vænne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS. āwenian to wean, G. entwöhnen. See , a.]
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1. 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.
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And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen. xxi. 8.
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2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. “Wean them from themselves.” Shak.
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The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. Swift.
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Wean, n. A weanling; a young child.
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I, being but a yearling wean. Mrs. Browning.
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Weanedness, n. Quality or state of being weaned.
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Weanel (?), n. A weanling. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Weanling, a. & n. from , v.
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The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. J. H. Walsh.
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Coloq. Weaning brash . (Med.) See under .
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Weanling (?), n. [Wean + -ling.] A child or animal newly weaned; a wean.
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Weanling, a. Recently weaned. Milton.
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Weapon (wĕpŭn; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. wǣpen; akin to OS. wāpan, OFries. wēpin, wēpen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wāfan, Icel. vāpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. wēpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. .]
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1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4.
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They, astonished, all resistance lost,
All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. Milton.
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2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. “Woman's weapons, water drops.” Shak.
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3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
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Coloq. Concealed weapons . See under . -- Coloq. Weapon salve , a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Weaponed (?), a. Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.
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Weaponless (?), a. Having no weapon.
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Weaponry (?), n. Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry. [Poetic]
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Wear (wēr; 277), n. Same as .
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Wear (wâr), v. t. [Cf. .] (Naut.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
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Wear, v. t. [imp. Wore (wōr); p. p. Worn (wōrn); p. pr. & vb. n. Wearing. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being Weared.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. ennynai, Skr. vas. Cf. .]
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1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
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What compass will you wear your farthingale? Shak.
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On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Pope.
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2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. “He wears the rose of youth upon him.” Shak.
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His innocent gestures wear
A meaning half divine. Keble.
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3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
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4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
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That wicked wight his days doth wear. Spenser.
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The waters wear the stones. Job xiv. 19.
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5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
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6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
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Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. Locke.
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Coloq. To wear away , to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. -- Coloq. To wear off , to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. -- Coloq. To wear on or Coloq. To wear upon , to wear. [Obs.] “[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]” Chaucer. -- Coloq. To wear out . (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. “To wear out miserable days.” Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. “[He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.” Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. -- Coloq. To wear the breeches . See under . [Colloq.]
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Wear, v. i. 1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
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2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. “Thus wore out night.” Milton.
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Away, I say; time wears. Shak.
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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. Ex. xviii. 18.
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His stock of money began to wear very low. Sir W. Scott.
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The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. Beaconsfield.
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Coloq. To wear off , to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age. -- Coloq. To wear on , to pass on; as, time wears on. G. Eliot. -- Coloq. To wear weary , to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc.
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Wear, n. 1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
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2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
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Motley 's the only wear. Shak.
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3. The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.
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Coloq. Wear and tear , the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc.
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Wearable (?), a. Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
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Wearer (?), n. 1. One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.
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Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed,
And fluttered into rags. Milton.
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2. That which wastes or diminishes.
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Weariable (?), a. That may be wearied.
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Weariful (?), a. Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome. -- Wearifully, adv.
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Weariless, a. Incapable of being wearied.
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Wearily, adv. In a weary manner.
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Weariness, n. The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
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With weariness and wine oppressed. Dryden.
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A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so oft over and over. Bacon.
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