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estranging
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Estranging
(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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estranging
(wn) | estranging
adj 1: making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape
was estranging" |
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estranging
(encz) | estranging, adj: |
estranging
(wn) | estranging
adj 1: making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape
was estranging" |
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