Complete Definition of "alienate"

English

Etymology
L. alienatus, past participle of alienare, from alienus. See alien, and confer aliene.

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. estranged|Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

#: O alienate from God. w:John Milton|John Milton. Paradise Lost line 4643.

Noun
en-noun

  1. obsolete A stranger; an alien.

Verb
en-verb|alienat|ing

  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; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; 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.

Synonyms
estrange
antagonize
isolate

Translations

Dutch: vervreemden
French: aliéner
German: entfremden
Gilbertese: bure
mid
Hebrew: �נ�ר (le'nakher)
Italian: alienare
Spanish: alienar

References
R:1913


Italian
Adjective
alienate p

  1. feminine of|alienato#Adjective|alienato

Noun
alienate f

  1. plural of|alienata|lang=Italian

Verb
alienate

  1. second-person plural present tense of alienare
  2. second-person plural imperative of alienare
  3. feminine plural past participle of alienare

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