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Definitions for: Estrange [v] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
[v] remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"
Webster (1913) Definition: Es*trange", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Estranging.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F.
['e]tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from
extraneus strange. See Strange.]
1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a
distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
We must estrange our belief from everything which is
not clearly and distinctly evidenced. --Glanvill.
Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things
indifferent. --Hooker.
2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its
former possessor; to alienate.
They . . . have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4.
3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from
attachment to enmity or indifference.
I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has
estranged him from me. --Pope.
He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the
Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them.
--Macaulay.
Synonyms: alien, alienate, disaffect
See Also: alter, change, drift apart, drift away, move out, remove, take out, wean
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