wean
verb
\ ˈwēn
\
\
weaned;
weaning;
weans
Definition of wean
1
: to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
2
: to detach from a source of dependence
being weaned off the medication wean the bears from human food — Sports Illus.
also
: to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest
wean him off his excessive drinking settling his soldiers on the land … , weaning them from habits of violence — Geoffrey Carnall
3
: to accustom to something from an early age
—used in the passive especially with on students weaned on the Internet for researchI was weaned on greasepaint— Helen Hayesthe principles upon which he had been weaned— J. A. Michener