estrange

Definitions


[ɛˈstreɪn(d)ʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone
(e.g: he became estranged from his father)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French estranger, from Latin extraneare ‘treat as a stranger’, from extraneus ‘not belonging to the family’, used as a noun to mean ‘stranger’. Compare with strange




definition by Oxford Dictionaries