'Estrange' definitions:
Definition of 'estrange'
From: WordNet
verb
Remove from customary environment or associations; "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
verb
Definition of 'Estrange'
From: GCIDE
- Estrange \Es*trange"\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. [1913 Webster]
- I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'estrange'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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