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Weary v. t. (past & past part. wearied; pres. part. wearying)

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."

To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. "I stay too long by thee; I weary thee."

To harass by anything irksome. "I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries."

To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

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

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

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"Wearying" Quotes from Famous Books

... cold and wearying journey. The men were obliged to march in single file along narrow roads which bordered precipices. Several mules, one of them laden with gold, lost their footing and were plunged down the cliff. Napoleon was ...

— Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. French. • Charles Morris

... headland, or promontory—the only eminence of the Minyo territory—had been reserved by him for his lodge, partly on account of its isolation from the village at its base, and partly for the view it commanded of his territory. Yet his wearying and discontented eyes were more often found on the ocean, as a possible highway of escape from his irksome position, than on the plain and the distant range of mountains, so closely connected with the nearer past and ...

— A Drift from Redwood Camp • Bret Harte

... other, a correspondingly large number of questions naturally would be asked. But, as "The Art of Flirtation" plainly shows, you can get a world of fun out of even an instruction theme, without the use of a wearying number of inquiries. The two-act fashion today ...

— Writing for Vaudeville • Brett Page

... manner adapted to the piano; or who, at any rate, regard the music as of more importance than the player. This may apply even to Beethoven, in the higher grade of composition; for his music is full of danger for the performer. The only course which can ever lead to a sure result, without wearying both pupil and parent, and without making piano-playing distasteful, is first to lay a foundation in mechanical power, and then to go on with the easier pieces by Huenten and Burgmueller. If you try to produce the mechanical dexterity essential for ...

— Piano and Song - How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of - Musical Performances • Friedrich Wieck

... into anecdote; because at the present day anecdotes are the vehicle of all moral teaching, and the anti-narcotic of every work of literature. In literature, analysis and investigation prevail, and the wearying of the reader increases in proportion with the egotism of the writer. This is one of the greatest misfortunes that can befall a book, and the present author has been quite aware of it. He has therefore so arranged the topics of this long essay as to afford resting ...

— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac

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