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verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1.
to make indifferent or hostile: He has alienated his entire family.
2.
to turn away; transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose.
3.
Law. to transfer or convey, as title, property, or other right, to another: to alienate lands.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin aliēnātus (past participle of aliēnāre), equivalent to aliēn(us) alien + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin aliēnātus (past participle of aliēnāre), equivalent to aliēn(us) alien + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
al·ien·a·tor, noun
non·al·ien·at·ing, adjective
re·al·ien·ate, verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
un·al·ien·at·ed, adjective
un·al·ien·at·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Our purpose in producing these plays was not deliberately to alienate an audience.
- Someone stop me before I alienate anyone else who could be on our side.
- In just a few hours he managed to alienate every single person he encountered.
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Word Origin & History
alienate
1540s, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from L. alienatus, pp. of alienare "to make another's, estrange," from alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from alius "(an)other" (see alias).
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