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Antonyms for alienate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : eyl-yuh-neyt, ey-lee-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪl yəˌneɪt, ˈeɪ li ə-


Definition of alienate

Origin :
  • 1540s, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from Latin alienatus, past participle of alienare "to make another's, estrange," from alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from alius "(an)other" (see alias (adv.)). Related: Alienated; alienating.
  • verb cause unfriendliness, hostility
Example sentences :
  • Every effort was made to alienate her from her French relations.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
  • His mother alone could alienate the property, and he doubted whether she would.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Had anything occurred that was likely to alienate her from her family?
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Great efforts were then made to alienate Henry from his faithful minister.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • He lampooned the Prince Regent; yet he could not alienate the Tories.
  • Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III » by Various
  • The Danes were reluctant to alienate these islands because they loved the colony.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • I sell you the secret, but I do not intend to alienate my rights to the placer.
  • Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
  • Indeed, neglect and abuse seem insufficient to alienate these allies.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Question (1874) » by Francis A. Walker
  • But this would only make her furious with him; and he must not alienate her from himself, at any rate.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • We do not alienate them as we do our indifferent sensations.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

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