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verb

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

... the events of the day. Needless to say, there was no singing that evening. The gale chanted a wild melody in mournful chords, and the noise of the watery downpour on the tarpaulin roof of Belle Vue Castle was such as to render conversation impossible, save in wearying shouts. ...

— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

... to escape shipwreck, and took its frail place among the other craft that sailed in its company. I hardly saw or felt the safety of the harbor or the shore for three years, the three years out of my whole life the most wearying, the most heart-searching, the most discouraging, the most inspiring; also, I dare say, ...

— The Girl and the Kingdom - Learning to Teach • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... side, drinking the last of a pint of October, she had gotten me from the cellar—for I had been out in the wind all day. 'It was just such a night as this,' said she, and then stopped again.—But I'm wearying you, sir, with my ...

— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... although I fear wearying you, perhaps you will consent to let me add matter to mind. I have here on my desk an object not uncommon in nature, which I ...

— Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams

... to do it in an atmosphere and a festivity that was so incongruous with the dreadful message I was charged with. And when I had to meet you later—perhaps I may have wronged you—but it seemed to me that you were so preoccupied and interested with other things that I might perhaps only be wearying you with something you cared little for, or perhaps already knew and ...

— Clarence • Bret Harte

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