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Definition of alienate



Overview of verb alienate

The verb alienate has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect

(arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious")

2. alien, alienate

(transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs")

3. alienate

(make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees")