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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Estrange \Es*trange"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
estrange
verb
1: remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"
2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: {alienate}, {alien}, {disaffect}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "estrange": abrupt, aggravate, alien, alienate, antagonize, break up, cast off, cast out, come between, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disaffect, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, embitter, envenom, exacerbate, expel, fan the flame, heat up, infuriate, irritate, isolate, leave, light the fuse, madden, make trouble, part, pit against, provoke, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set against, set apart, set aside, set at odds, set at variance, set on, sever, shut off, sic on, sow dissension, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stir up trouble, subtract, sunder, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, wean, withdraw
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