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1. (v.t.) estrange
to alienate the affections of; make unfriendly or hostile.
2. estrange
to remove to or keep at a distance.
Etymology: (1475–85; < MF, OF estranger < ML exstrāneāre)
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1. (verb) estrange
remove from customary environment or associations
"years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
2. (verb) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
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1. (verb) estrange
to withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with
2. (verb) estrange
to divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate
3. (verb) estrange
to alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference
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