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  1. 1. a. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A stranger; an alien. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. transfer property or ownership Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated Source: wordnet
  8. 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 Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.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.] Source: webster
  9. 9. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.O alienate from God. Milton. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:100 v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated Source: ecdict

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