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alienate

adj
/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. by surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.

  1. derived from aliēnātus
  2. inherited from alienat — “deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”

Definitions

  1. Estranged

    Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign

    • O alienate from God.

  2. A stranger

    A stranger; an alien.

  3. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right

    To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To estrange

      To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.

      • The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
      • The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.

    2. To cause one to feel unable to relate.

The neighborhood

  • antonymacceptantonym(s) of “estrange”
  • antonymbefriendantonym(s) of “estrange”

Derived

abalienate, realienate, unalienate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA