: to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
: to detach from a source of dependence
: to accustom to something from an early age
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
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