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   al·ien·ate

   /ˈālēəˌnāt/

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged: "an urban environment that would alienate its inhabitants" Similar estrangeturn awayset apartdrive apartisolatedetachdistanceput at a distanceset againstpartseparatecut offseverdividedivorcedisuniteset at variance/oddsmake hostile todrive a wedge betweensow dissensionOpposite unite
   • ▪ cause (someone) to become unsympathetic or hostile: "the association does not wish to alienate its members"
   • 2. transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group: "they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land" Similar transferconveypass onhand overdevolve

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’ (see alien).

   Derivatives

   • 1. alienator noun

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