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alienate
UK /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/ US /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
verb 3adj 1noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
O alienate from God.
noun
1
A stranger; an alien.
verb
1
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2
To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
3
To cause one to feel unable to relate.
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