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Antonyms for estrange

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-streynj
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈstreɪndʒ

Definition of estrange

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French estrangier "to alienate," from Vulgar Latin *extraneare "to treat as a stranger," from Latin extraneus "foreign" (see strange). Related: Estranged.
  • verb destroy the affections of
Example sentences :
  • A man must estrange himself from the world, which is sorrow.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • I do not think that my temper, bad as it may be,—nor your own,—would have sufficed to estrange you.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • What has happened to estrange you two, who have been chums for so many years?
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
  • It will raise ill-blood between them, and estrange our families.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Charity may corrupt, correction may harden and estrange,—in the family they do neither.
  • Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.
  • You estrange my own child from me to curry favor with the future king.
  • Extract from : « The Sisters, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • How she hated everything that threatened to estrange her lover's heart!
  • Extract from : « Barbara Blomberg, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated.
  • Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
  • Is he contradicting some allegation which had helped to estrange the Galatians?
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay
  • Will it not spoil her for private life; estrange her from family concerns?
  • Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney

Synonyms for estrange

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