GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Alienate , a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
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    O alienate from God.
    Milton.

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    Alienate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alienated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating.]
    1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
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    2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
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      The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
      Macaulay.

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      The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
      I. Taylor.

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    Alienate , n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]
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