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ABLACTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ablactate mean?
• ABLACTATE (verb)
The verb ABLACTATE has 1 sense:
1. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
Familiarity information: ABLACTATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ablactate; wean
Context example:
The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle
Hypernyms (to "ablactate" is one way to...):
deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
"Ablactate" entails doing...:
breastfeed; give suck; lactate; nurse; suck; suckle; wet-nurse (give suck to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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