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to ablactate

to ablactate

9.9
To stop feeding a baby or young animal its mother's milk gradually
  • verb
  • /ˌeɪblækˈteɪt/
  • Specialized
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  • The veterinarian advised us to ablactate the puppies gradually over several weeks.

Examples

  • Many farmers ablactate their lambs at around three months of age.

  • The vet suggested we ablactate the kittens slowly.

  • It is important not to ablactate young mammals too early in order to ensure proper nutrition.

  • It's time to ablactate the puppies.

  • The veterinarian advised us to ablactate the puppies gradually over several weeks.

  • Many farmers ablactate their lambs at around three months of age.

  • It is important not to ablactate young mammals too early in order to ensure proper nutrition.

Synonyms

to wean
vsto ablactate
14 4.3

Gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal mother's milk and give other food

is limited to stopping milk feeding specifically rather than broader dependencies

Antonyms

to feed
426 1.0

To eat food, especially for animals

to nurse
54 2.3

To feed a baby with your milk

How Weaned

to wean
14 4.3
to ablactate
  • Specialized
9.9
to nurse
54 2.3

Surface Forms

ablactate infinitive
ablactated past
ablactated past participle
ablactating present participle
ablactates third person singular

Morphology

ablactate = lactate (semi-transparent) = ab + lactate

The parts 'ab-' (away) + 'lactate' (produce milk) point to a meaning related to removing milk or stopping nursing, but whether it refers to weaning the infant or stopping lactation is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Ablactate comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and lact- 'milk', the same root you see in lactose and lactation. So to ablactate is to move a baby 'away' from milk, in other words to wean them from their mother's milk.