es|trange

es|trange
es|trange «ehs TRAYNJ», transitive verb, -tranged, -trang|ing.
1. to turn (a person) from affection to indifference, dislike, or hatred; make unfriendly; separate: »

A quarrel had estranged him from his family.

SYNONYM(S): alienate.
2. to keep apart; keep away: »

estranged from politics (Alexander Pope).

3. to divert to a new or different use: »

They…have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods (Jeremiah 19:4).

╂[< Old French estrangier < Latin extrāneāre < extrāneus foreign; see etym. under extraneous (Cf. ↑extraneous). See related etym. at strange. (Cf. ↑strange)]
–es|trang´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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