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estrange

[ ih-streynj ]

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verb (used with object)

estranged, estranging.

to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
to remove to or keep at a distance:
The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.
to divert from the original use or possessor.

estrange

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verb

usually passiveoften foll byfrom to separate and live apart from (one's spouse)
he is estranged from his wife
usually passiveoften foll byfrom to antagonize or lose the affection of (someone previously friendly); alienate

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Derived Forms

��ˈ�ٰ��Բ��𳾱�Գ�, noun

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Other Word Forms

��·�ٰ��Բ��·��Գ� noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of estrange¹

First recorded in 1475–85; from Middle French, Old French estranger; cognate with Portuguese estranhar, Spanish ��ٰ��ñ��, Italian straniare, from Medieval Latin ��ٰ��Ա�� “to treat as a stranger,” derivative of Latin ��ٰ��Ա�ܲ� “external, foreign, strange”; extraneous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of estrange¹

C15: from Old French estranger, from Late Latin ��ٰ��Ա�� to treat as a stranger, from Latin ��ٰ��Ա�ܲ� foreign; see strange

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Synonym Study

Estrange, alienate, disaffect share the sense of causing (someone) to turn away from a previously held state of affection, comradeship, or allegiance. Estrange often implies replacement of love or belonging by apathy or hostility: erstwhile lovers estranged by a misunderstanding. Alienate often calls attention to the cause of antagonism or separation: His inconsiderate behavior alienated both friends and family. Disaffect usually refers to relationships involving allegiance or loyalty rather than love or affection: disaffected workers, demoralized by ill-considered management policies.

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The pair had supposedly been estranged for years and Eubank Sr had criticised the match-up.

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A man has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years for the murder of his estranged wife.

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“Lonely, friendless, despised at his office, estranged from his family, alienated even from his God,” is how Paula Hill, his ex-wife, described Miller in a memoir.

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As the case dragged on, his mental health had deteriorated, so much that he was unfit to testify and eventually fell into homelessness, becoming estranged from his family, including his 10-year-old son.

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In what is simultaneously a love story and a tale of ambition, estranged childhood friends Sam and Sadie unexpectedly reunite in their college years and decide to produce a video game together.

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