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alienate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alienate \Al"ien*ate\, n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alienate \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 Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from O alienate from God.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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alienate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alienate v : arouse enmity or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: {estrange}, {alien}, {disaffect}]
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