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Alienate

Alienate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Alienate? [v] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness Synonyms \| Synonyms for Alienate: alien \| disaffect \| estrange Related Terms \| Find terms related to Alienate: abalienate \| abrupt \| alter \| amortize \| antagonize \| assign \| barter \| bequeath \| brainwash \| cast off \| cast out \| cede \| change \| come between \| confer \| consign \| convert \| convey \| corrupt \| counterindoctrinate \| cut adrift \| cut off \| cut out \| deed \| deed over \| delete \| deliver \| demise \| depart \| devolve upon \| disaffect \| disarticulate \| disconnect \| disengage \| disjoin \| disjoint \| dissociate \| disunify \| disunite \| divide \| divorce \| eject \| embitter \| enfeoff \| envenom \| estrange \| exacerbate \| exchange \| expel \| fan the flame \| give \| give title to \| give up \| hand \| hand down \| hand on \| hand over \| heat up \| indoctrinate \| infuriate \| irritate \| isolate \| leave \| light the fuse \| madden \| make over \| make trouble \| negotiate \| part \| pass \| pass on \| pass over \| pit against \| provoke \| pull away \| pull back \| pull out \| reindoctrinate \| relinquish \| remise \| segregate \| sell \| separate \| sequester \| set against \| set apart \| set aside \| set at odds \| set at variance \| set on \| settle \| settle on \| shut off \| sic on \| sign away \| sign over \| sow dissension \| split \| stand aloof \| stand apart \| stand aside \| step aside \| stir up trouble \| subtract \| subvert \| surrender \| throw off \| throw out \| trade \| transfer \| transmit \| turn over \| uncouple \| unyoke \| wean \| win away \| withdraw See Also \| alter \| change \| drift apart \| drift away \| wean Alienate In Webster's Dictionary \Al"ienate\ ([=a]l"yen[asl]t), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See {Alien}, and cf. {Aliene}.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. --Milton. \Al"ienate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alienated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alienating}.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. --Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. --I. Taylor. \Al"ienate\, n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]

Alienate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alienate?

[v] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alienate: alien | disaffect | estrange

Alienate In Webster's Dictionary

\Al"ien*ate\ ([=a]l"yen*[asl]t), a. [L. alienatus, p.
p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See {Alien}, and cf. {Aliene}.]
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

      O alienate from God.                     --Milton.


\Al"ien*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alienated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Alienating}.]
1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or
   right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of
   averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to
   estrange; to wean; -- with from.

         The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and
         priesthood from the House of Stuart.  --Macaulay.

         The recollection of his former life is a dream that
         only the more alienates him from the realities of
         the present.                          --I. Taylor.


\Al"ien*ate\, n.
A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]

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