alienate
/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/ verb C1- To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
- To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
- To cause one to feel unable to relate.
He/she/it alienates · Past alienated · Past participle alienated · -ing form alienating
Verb forms
- Base form
- alienate
- He/she/it
- alienates
- Past
- alienated
- Past participle
- alienated
- -ing form
- alienating
From the library
It is, in short, impossible for us to conjecture the causes or circumstances which may have alienated them, without actual blame on either side.”
Let me hasten to add,” continued he, “that the testator, having only the right to alienate a part of his fortune, and having alienated it all, the will will not bear scrutiny, and is declared null and void.”
It might alienate my protector.
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