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| es·trange [ i stráynj ] (past and past participle es·tranged, present participle es·trang·ing, 3rd person present singular es·trang·es) |
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cause to stop being friendly: to cause somebody to stop feeling friendly or affectionate toward somebody else or sympathetic toward a tradition or belief
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 He managed to become estranged from all of his friends.
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| [15th century. Via Old French estrangier "alienate" < Latin extraneare "treat as a stranger" < extraneus (see strange)] |
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| es·trange·ment noun |
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