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Definition of Wery

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A feeling of being mentaly fatigued.
         A weary traveller knocked at the door.
  • expressive of fatigue.
         He gave me a weary smile.
  • To make or to become weary.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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