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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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wearied
adj : exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and
depressed"- William Styron [syn: {jaded}]
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