v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Estranged p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging. ] [ OF. estrangier to remove, F. étranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange. ] 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. [ 1913 Webster ] We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. [ 1913 Webster ] They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. [ 1913 Webster ] I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
