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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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   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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   Causing weariness; tiresome. “Weary way.” Spenser. “There passed a weary time.” Coleridge.
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   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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   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.
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   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.
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   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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