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Weary \Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.]

[OE. weri, AS. w?rig; akin to OS. w?rig, OHG. wu?rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w?rian to ramble.]

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. --Shak.

[I] am weary, thinking of your task. --Longfellow.

2. Causing weariness; tiresome. ``Weary way.'' --Spenser. ``There passed a weary time.'' --Coleridge.

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.

Syn: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.]

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.

So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. --Shak.

2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.

I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.

3. To harass by anything irksome.

I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.

To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Weary \Wea"ry\, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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