Alienate

English

Etymology

Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“‘alienate, estrange’”), from aliēnus. See alien, and confer aliene.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/, SAMPA: /"eI.li.@.neIt/

Adjective

Alienate (not comparable)

Positive Alienate

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

   O alienate from God. John Milton. Paradise Lost line 4643.

Noun

Singular Alienate

Plural {{{1}}}

Alienate ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.

Verb

Infinitive to Alienate

Third person singular alienat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Alienate (third-person singular simple present alienat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

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; to wean.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Thomas Babington Macaulay:

     The errors which Template:... alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.

   • (A date for this quote is being sought):Isaac Taylor:

     The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.

Synonyms

• (estrange): estrange, antagonize, isolate

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: отчуждавам bg(bg), (се) bg(bg) Catalan: alienar ca(ca) Czech: odcizit cs(cs) Dutch: vervreemden French: aliéner German: entfremden de(de)

Gilbertese: bure Hebrew: לנכר (le'nakher) Italian: alienare it(it) Latin: abaliēnō la(la) Spanish: alienar es(es)

References

• Template:R:1913

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Italian

Adjective

alienate pl.

1. Feminine form of alienato.

Noun

alienate f.

1. Plural form of alienata.

Verb

alienate

1. second-person plural present tense of alienare
2. second-person plural imperative of alienare
3. feminine plural past participle of alienare

Anagrams

• aaeeilnt,
• aneliate

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