estrange

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French estranger (to treat as a stranger), from Latin extraneus (foreigner, stranger) (from which also English strange, stranger). Also see Spanish: extraño.

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  • IPA: /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/, /əˈstreɪndʒ/

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estrange (third-person singular simple present estranges, present participle estranging, simple past and past participle estranged)

  1. (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
  2. (transitive) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

[edit] Usage notes

Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while alienate is used rather used to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”).

When speaking of a parent being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.

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Latin extraneus.

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estrange m. and f.

  1. foreign; oversea

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estrange m. and f. (plural estranges)

  1. strange; odd; bizarre

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[edit] Old French

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Latin extraneus.

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estrange m. and f.

  1. foreign; oversea

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