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Wea"ry (?), a. [Compar. Wearier (?); superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. w&unr_;rig; akin to OS. w&unr_;rig, OHG. wu&unr_;rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w&unr_;rian to ramble.]
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1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
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I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak.
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[I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.
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2. Causing weariness; tiresome. “Weary way.” Spenser. “There passed a weary time.” Coleridge.
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3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
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Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.
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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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Wea"ry, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
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