estrange

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English

Etymology

From Old French estranger (to treat as a stranger), from Latin extraneus (foreigner, stranger) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.

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estrange (third-person singular simple present estranges, present participle estranging, simple past and past participle estranged)

  1. (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
  2. (transitive) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

Usage notes

Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while alienate is rather used to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”).

When speaking of parents being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French estrange.

Adjective

estrange m or f (plural estranges)

  1. strange; odd; bizarre
  2. foreign
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Si vous alez guerroier en contree estrange
      If you're going to engage in warfare in a foreign country

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  • French: étrange

Old French

Etymology

From Latin extrāneus.

Adjective

estrange m (oblique and nominative feminine singular estrange)

  1. foreign; overseas

Noun

estrange oblique singularm (oblique plural estranges, nominative singular estranges, nominative plural estrange)

  1. foreigner; non-native

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