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Weary (?), a. [Compar. Wearier (?); superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. wrig; akin to OS. wrig, OHG. wurag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. wrian 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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Weary, 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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Weary, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, “to weary of an undertaking”.

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