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English Dictionary: wearying by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wearying
adj
  1. producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
    Synonym(s): exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wearied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wearying}.]
      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.
  
                     So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
            by continuance.
  
                     I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
  
      3. To harass by anything irksome.
  
                     I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous
                     cries.                                                --Milton.
  
      {To weary out}, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
  
      Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See {Jade}.
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