Alienate
['eɪlɪəneɪt]
Definition
(verb.) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; 'the boring work alienated his employees'.
Edited by Gertrude--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
(v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
(v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
(n.) A stranger; an alien.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Abalienate, transfer, demise, consign, assign, convey, devolve, make over, deliver over.[2]. Estrange, disaffect, wean, withdraw the affections of, make unfriendly.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey
ANT:Conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure
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Definition
v.t. to transfer a right or title to another: to withdraw the affections: to misapply.—adj. withdrawn: estranged.—n. Alienabil′ity.—adj. Al′ienable capable of being transferred to another.—ns. Alienā′tion; Alienā′tor.—adj. Al′iened made alien estranged.—n. Al′ienism the position of being a foreigner.
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Examples
- By a feudal law, the vassal could not alienate without the consent of his superior, who generally extorted a fine or composition on granting it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such opportunities as I have been enabled to alienate from my domestic duties, I have devoted to corresponding at some length with my family. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The bogey of the saloon had presented itself early: it was very clear that an affirmative position by the candidate was sure to alienate either the temperance or the liquor vote. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Once angered, I doubt if Dr. Bretton were to be soon propitiated--once alienated, whether he were ever to be reclaimed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I was not made the less so by my sense of being daily more and more shut out and alienated from my mother. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'm afraid she's quite alienated the van der Luydens . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She meted out a wide space between us, and kept me aloof by the reserved gesture, the rare and alienated glance, the word calmly civil. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is, in short, impossible for us to conjecture the causes or circumstances which may have alienated them, without actual blame on either side. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He can, in this case, both restore the capital, and pay the interest, without alienating or encroaching upon any other source of revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What alienates him from the house? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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