About The Word Estrange
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Estrange
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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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