Definition of alienate Alienate
/ejˈljʌnejˌt/ - [eylyuneyt] - al•ien•ate
We found 16 definitions of alienate from 6 different sources.
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What does alienate mean?
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| alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees" | ||
| affect, impress, move, strike act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| alienate - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" | ||
| estrange, alien, disaffect | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| drift apart, drift away lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married" | ||
| wean gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" | ||
| alienate - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" | ||
| alien | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- alienate (Noun)
A stranger; an alien. - alienate (Verb)
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. - alienate (Verb)
To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean. - alienate (Adjective)
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- alienate (a.)
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. - alienate (v. t.)
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. - alienate (v. t.)
To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. - alienate (n.)
A stranger; an alien.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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alienate
To make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated. -
alienate
To cause to feel less close or friendly. -
alienate
To pass to someone else property or other rights about something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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alienate
āl′yen-āt, 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. [L. See Alien.]
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🔤- alienate, verb, present, 1st person singular of alienate (infinitive).
- alienate, verb (infinitive).
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