01 a. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
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Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.“O alienate from God.” — Milton.
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4 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Alienate
02 v. t. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
imp. & p. p.
Alienated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alienating
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To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
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To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.“The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.” — Macaulay.“The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.” — I. Taylor.
03 n. A stranger; an alien.
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A stranger; an alien.[Obs.]