alienate

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. by surface analysis, alien +‎ -ate. See alien, and compare aliene. ==== Adjective ==== alienate (not comparable) (archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign === Etymology 2 === From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner (“a crazed, mad man, lunatic”). ==== Noun ==== alienate (plural alienates) (obsolete) A stranger; an alien. === Etymology 3 === Either from the above adjective or directly borrowed from Latin alienātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner. ==== Verb ==== alienate (third-person singular simple present alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated) 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. ===== Usage notes ===== Alienate is largely synonymous with estrange. However, alienate is used primarily to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”), while estrange is used rather to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting. ===== Synonyms ===== (estrange): estrange, antagonize, isolate, marginalize ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “estrange”): accept, befriend ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “alienate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== alienate f pl feminine plural of alienato ==== Participle ==== alienate f pl feminine plural of alienato === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== alienate f plural of alienata === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== alienate inflection of alienare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Anagrams === aleniate, aneliate == Latin == === Verb === aliēnāte second-person plural present active imperative of aliēnō == Middle English == === Adjective === alienate alternative form of alienat == Spanish == === Verb === alienate second-person singular voseo imperative of alienar combined with te