Definitions for estrange
ɪˈstreɪndʒes·trange

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. estrangeverb

   remove from customary environment or associations

   "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"

2. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffectverb

   arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. estrangeverb

   To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).

2. estrangeverb

   To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

3. Etymology: From estranger, from extraneus (from which also English strange, stranger). Also see Spanish: extraño.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ESTRANGEverb

   Etymology: estranger, French.

   1. To keep at a distance; to withdraw.

   Had we not only cut off their corruptions, but also estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent, who seeth not how greatly prejudicial this might have been to so good a cause? Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 7.

   They know it is our custom of simple reading, not for conversion of infidels estranged from the house of God, but for instruction of men baptized, bred, and brought up in the bosom of the church. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 22.

   See, she weeps;
   Thinks me unkind, or false, and knows not why
   I thus estrange my person from her bed. Dryden.

   2. To alienate; to divert from its original use or possessor.

   They have estranged this place, and have burnt incense in it to other gods. Jer. xix. 4.

   3. To alienate from affection; to turn from kindness to malevolence or indifference.

   How comes it now, my husband, oh, how comes it,
   That thou art thus estranged from thyself?
   Thyself I call it, being strange to me. William Shakespeare, Com. of Err.

   Adam, estrang’d in look, and alter’d style,
   Speech intermitted, thus to Eve renew’d. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   I came to grieve a father’s heart estrang’d;
   But little thought to find a mistress chang’d. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Alexander Pope.

   4. To withdraw or withold.

   We must endeavour to estrange our belief from every thing which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced to our faculties. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 14.

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1. estrange

   To estrange is to cause someone to be no longer close or affectionate to another, typically a family member or a friend; to alienate or turn away. It can also imply causing someone to feel removed or isolated, emotionally disconnected from something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Estrangeverb

   to withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with

2. Estrangeverb

   to divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate

3. Estrangeverb

   to alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference

4. Etymology: [OF. estrangier to remove, F. tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Estrange

   es-trānj′, v.t. to treat as an alien: to alienate: to divert from its original use or possessor.—p.adj. Estranged′, alienated: disaffected.—ns. Estrang′edness; Estrange′ment; Estrang′er. [O. Fr. estranger (Fr. étranger)—L. extraneāre—extraneus. See Strange.]

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   The numerical value of estrange in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of estrange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=estrange
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Estrange
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=estrange
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estrange
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=estrange