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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