Es*trange" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Estranged (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Estranging.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F.
étranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger,
from extraneus strange. See Strange.]
1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively,
to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly
with.
We must estrange our belief from everything
which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced.
Glanvill.
Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in
things indifferent.
Hooker.
2. To divert from its original use or
purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
They . . . have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it unto other gods.
Jer. xix.
4.
3. To alienate the affections or confidence
of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has
estranged him from me.
Pope.
He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the
Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them.
Macaulay.