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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: estrange v 1: remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother" 2: arouse enmity or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: {alienate}, {alien}, {disaffect}]
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