ESTRANGE Definition & Meaning

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estrange

[ ih-streynj ]

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verb (used with object)

estranged, estranging.

to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
to remove to or keep at a distance:
The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.
to divert from the original use or possessor.

estrange

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verb

usually passiveoften foll byfrom to separate and live apart from (one's spouse)
he is estranged from his wife
usually passiveoften foll byfrom to antagonize or lose the affection of (someone previously friendly); alienate

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of estrange¹

First recorded in 1475–85; from Middle French, Old French estranger; cognate with Portuguese estranhar, Spanish ��ٰ��ñ��, Italian straniare, from Medieval Latin ��ٰ��Ա�� “to treat as a stranger,” derivative of Latin ��ٰ��Ա�ܲ� “external, foreign, strange”; extraneous

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of estrange¹

C15: from Old French estranger, from Late Latin ��ٰ��Ա�� to treat as a stranger, from Latin ��ٰ��Ա�ܲ� foreign; see strange

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Synonym Study

Estrange, alienate, disaffect share the sense of causing (someone) to turn away from a previously held state of affection, comradeship, or allegiance. Estrange often implies replacement of love or belonging by apathy or hostility: erstwhile lovers estranged by a misunderstanding. Alienate often calls attention to the cause of antagonism or separation: His inconsiderate behavior alienated both friends and family. Disaffect usually refers to relationships involving allegiance or loyalty rather than love or affection: disaffected workers, demoralized by ill-considered management policies.

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After Hulk Hogan’s first wife, Linda Hogan, posts a weepy video about how messed-up her family is, estranged daughter Brooke Hogan says she was raised with abuse.

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Wilson condemned Musk last year for comments he made against her, when he for the first time acknowledged being estranged from her, claiming she’d been “killed by the woke mind virus.”

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The filing said the estranged spouses had entered a postnuptual agreement regarding the division of their assets but did not disclose those terms.

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But there is still a way to go for her estranged husband, and by extension her party.

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The estranged husband of a woman gunned down outside San Bernardino eatery has been arrested with four other men, accused of plotting to kill her amid a long divorce.

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