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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detach |
| Synonyms: | discourage, halt, remove, unaccustom |
| Notes: | the etymological notion of wean is 'becoming accustomed' and we use it as a verb meaning 'to cause to give up something'; the verb ween means 'to think, suppose, or imagine something' |
| Main Entry: | disaffect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose affection for, estrange |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alienate, antagonize, discompose, disquiet, disturb, disunify, disunite, divide, repel, upset, wean |
| Antonyms: | content, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | estrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy the affections of |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienate, antagonize, break up, disaffect, disunify, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, drive apart, leave, make hostile, part, put on the outs, separate, set at odds, sever, split, sunder, turn off, wean, withdraw, withhold |
| Antonyms: | engage, marry, unite |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nurture, care for |
| Synonyms: | breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, drag up, fetch up, foster, group, grow, nourish, nurse, plant, produce, propagate, provide, rear, sow, suckle, support, train, wean |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect, repress, suppress |
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