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   Strange , a. [Compar. Stranger ; superl. Strangest .] [OE. estrange, F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]
    Belonging to another country; foreign. “To seek strange strands.” 
   Chaucer.
   
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   One of the strange queen's lords.
   Shak.
   
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   I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.
   Ascham.
   
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   Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
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   So she, impatient her own faults to see,
   Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
   Sir J. Davies.
   
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   Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
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   Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.
   Shak.
   
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   Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. “He is sick of a strange fever.” 
   Shak.
   
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   Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
   Strange alteration in me.
   Milton.
   
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   Reserved; distant in deportment.
   Shak.
   
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   She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   Backward; slow. [Obs.]
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   Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
   In favoring the cause.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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   In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.
   Shak.
   
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   ☞ Strange is often used as an exclamation.
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   Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow
   High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
   Waller.
   
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   Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel. -- Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. Prov. v. 3. -- To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
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   Syn. -- Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
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   Strange, adv. Strangely. [Obs.]
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   Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak.
   Shak.
   
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   Strange, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
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   Strange, v. i.
   To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
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   To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.]
   Glanvill.
   
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