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Webster 1913 Edition

Weary

Wea′ry

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wearier
;
sup
erl.
Weariest
.]
[OE.
weri
, AS.
w[GREEK]rig
; akin to OS.
w[GREEK]rig
, OHG.
wu[GREEK]rag
; of uncertain origin; cf. AS.
w[GREEK]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
.
Shakespeare
[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

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I
weary
thee.
Shakespeare
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

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Weary

WEARY

,
Adj.
1.
Having the strength much exhausted by toil or violent exertion; tired; fatigued. [It should be observed however that this word expresses less than tired, particularly when applied to a beast; as a tired horse. It is followed by of, before the cause of fatigue; as, to be weary of marching; to be weary of reaping; to be weary of study.]
2.
Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement. He was weary of asking for redress.
3.
Causing weariness; tiresome; as a weary way; a weary life.

WEARY

,
Verb.
T.
[from the adjective.]
1.
To reduce or exhaust the physical strength of the body; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary ones self with labor or traveling.
The people shall weary themselves for very vanity. Habakkuk 2.
2.
To make impatient of continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
3.
To harass by any thing irksome; as, to be wearied of waiting for the arrival of the post.
To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

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