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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alienate/ˈeɪliəneɪt/
▶verb
  • 1 cause to feel isolated.

    ■ lose or destroy the support or sympathy of.

  • 2 Law transfer ownership of (property rights) to another.
– phrases
alienate someone's affections US Law induce someone to transfer their affection from a person with legal rights or claims on them.
– derivatives
alienator noun.
– origin C16: from L. alienat-, alienare ‘estrange’, from alienus (see alien).



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