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Estrange

Estrange Meaning & Definition
Estrange Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Estrange?

[v] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
[v] remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Estrange: alien | alienate | disaffect

Related Terms | Find terms related to Estrange: abrupt | aggravate | alien | alienate | antagonize | break up | cast off | cast out | come between | cut adrift | cut off | cut out | delete | depart | disaffect | disarticulate | disconnect | disengage | disjoin | disjoint | dissociate | disunify | disunite | divide | divorce | eject | embitter | envenom | exacerbate | expel | fan the flame | heat up | infuriate | irritate | isolate | leave | light the fuse | madden | make trouble | part | pit against | provoke | pull away | pull back | pull out | segregate | separate | sequester | set against | set apart | set aside | set at odds | set at variance | set on | sever | shut off | sic on | sow dissension | split | stand aloof | stand apart | stand aside | step aside | stir up trouble | subtract | sunder | throw off | throw out | uncouple | unyoke | wean | withdraw

See Also | alter | change | drift apart | drift away | move out | remove | take out | wean

Estrange In Webster's Dictionary

\Es*trange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Estranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Estranging}.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F. ['e]tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See {Strange}.] 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. --Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. --Hooker. 2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4. 3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. --Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. --Macaulay.

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