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Definitions for: Alienate [v] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Webster (1913) Definition: Al"ien*ate ([=a]l"yen*[asl]t), a. [L. alienatus, p.
p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.]
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
O alienate from God. --Milton.
Al"ien*ate (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alienated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating.]
1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or
right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2. 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.
Al"ien*ate, n.
A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]
Synonyms: alien, disaffect, estrange
See Also: alter, change, drift apart, drift away, wean
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