dictionary definitions for "wearying"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wearying.]
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     1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance
        of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with
        labor or traveling.
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              So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
        by continuance.
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              I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
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     3. To harass by anything irksome.
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              I would not cease
              To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.
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     To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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     Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wearying
      adj 1: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit
             was especially wearing" [syn: exhausting, tiring,
             wearing, wearying]


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