Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The weaning of a child from the breast.
- noun In horticulture, same as
inarching . Seeinarch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
- noun (Hort.) The process of grafting now called
inarching , orgrafting by approach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
- noun the cessation of lactation
Etymologies
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From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō ("to wean") from Latin ab ("without") + lacto ("suckle"), from lac ("milk").
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