Wea"ry (?), a. [Compar. Wearier (?); superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. wrig; akin to OS. wrig, OHG. wurag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. wrian 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.

 

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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.

 

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Wea"ry, v. i.

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

 

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