Estrange

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Estrange \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.


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              We must estrange our belief from everything which is
              not clearly and distinctly evidenced. --Glanvill.
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              Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things
              indifferent.                          --Hooker.
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     2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its
        former possessor; to alienate.
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              They . . . have estranged this place, and have
              burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4.
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     3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from
        attachment to enmity or indifference.
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              I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has
              estranged him from me.                --Pope.
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              He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the
              Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  estrange
       v 1: remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy
            schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"
       2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly
          been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: {alienate}, {alien},
           {disaffect}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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