estrange

1. v. t. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. Source: opted

2. v. t. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. Source: opted

4. v. remove from customary environment or associations Source: wordnet

5. v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness Source: wordnet

6. 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker. 2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4. 3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay. Source: webster

7. v:100 v. remove from customary environment or associations v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness Source: ecdict

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