Thesaurus: alienate

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1. a. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
2. v. t. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
3. v. t. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
4. n. A stranger; an alien.
5. v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
6. v. transfer property or ownership
7. v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
8. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton. 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; 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. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]
9. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.O alienate from God. Milton.
10. v:100 v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated