Definition of "alienate"

alienate

/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/

adjective
not comparable
1. (archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
  Quotations
  O alienate from God.
  1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, line 4643
noun
plural alienates
1. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
verb
third-person singular simple present alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated
1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
  Quotations
  The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
  1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball
  The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism.
  1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn
  In April and early May, the NUR and ASLEF threatened a three-day strike. Opinion on this was divided, both within the unions and among the public. Commentators saw the strike as likely to alienate the public and unlikely to win significant changes in terms of closures and job losses.
  2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39
3. To cause one to feel unable to relate.

Definition of "alienate"

alienate

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