Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wearied"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weary \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wearied
adj : exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and
depressed"- William Styron [syn: {jaded}]

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