Definitions for alienate
ˈeɪl yəˌneɪt, ˈeɪ li ə-alien·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffectverb

   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, alienateverb

   transfer property or ownership

   "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

3. alienateverb

   make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

   "the boring work alienated his employees"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. alienatenoun

   A stranger; an alien.

2. alienateverb

   To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

3. alienateverb

   To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.

4. alienateadjective

   Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

   O alienate from God. . Paradise Lost line 4643.

5. Etymology: alienatus, perfect passive participle of alieno, from alienus. See alien, and confer aliene.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alienateadjective

   Withdrawn from; stranger to; with the particle from.

   Etymology: alienatus, Lat.

   They are most damnably wicked; impatient for the death of the queen; ready to gratify their ambition and revenge, by all desperate methods; wholly alienate from truth, law, religion, mercy, conscience, or honour. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

2. To Alienateverb

   Etymology: aliener, Fr. alieno, Lat.

   1. To transfer the property of any thing to another.

   The countries were once christian, and members of the church, and where the golden candlesticks did stand, though now they be utterly alienated, and no christians left. Francis Bacon.

   2. To withdraw the heart or affections; with the particle from, where the first possessor is mentioned.

   The manner of mens writing must not alienate our hearts from the truth. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   Be it never so true which we teach the world to believe, yet if once their affections begin to be alienated, a small thing persuadeth them to change their opinions. Richard Hooker, Dedicat.

   His eyes survey’d the dark idolatries
   Of alienated Judah. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 457.

   Any thing that is apt to disturb the world, and to alienate the affections of men from one another, such as cross and distasteful humours, is, either expressly, or by clear consequence and deduction, forbidden in the New Testament. John Tillotson.

   Her mind was quite alienated from the honest Castilian, whom she was taught to look upon as a formal old fellow. Joseph Addison, Spectat.

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1. alienate

   To alienate is to cause someone to feel isolated, estranged, or unwelcome. It can also refer to the act of transferring the ownership of property or rights to another person or group.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alienateadjective

   estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from

2. Alienateverb

   to convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of

3. Alienateverb

   to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from

4. Alienatenoun

   a stranger; an alien

5. Etymology: [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alienate

   āl′yen-āt, v.t. to transfer a right or title to another: to withdraw the affections: to misapply.—adj. withdrawn: estranged.—n. Alienabil′ity.—adj. Al′ienable, capable of being transferred to another.—ns. Alienā′tion; Alienā′tor.—adj. Al′iened, made alien, estranged.—n. Al′ienism, the position of being a foreigner. [L. See Alien.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of alienate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of alienate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of alienate in a Sentence

1. Mark B. Cohen:

   Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

2. Ryan Mauro:

   It does nothing to persuade jihadists to support Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda instead of ISIS and its brutality will only further alienate Muslims, when ISIS brags about massacring civilians, it is self-aware enough to include lengthy justifications. Al-Shabaab fails to do that and just looks like serial killers.

3. President Obama:

   We’ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there’s an occupying force, as opposed to a force that’s part of the community that’s protecting them and serving them. It can alienate and intimidate local residents, and send the wrong message. So we’re going to prohibit some equipment made for the battlefield that is not appropriate for local police departments.

4. Suzanne Maloney:

   There is only one way to read it and that is that Trump administration has wedded itself to a regime-change strategy to Iran, one that is likely to alienate our allies. One with dubious prospects for success.

5. John Kasich:

   We are not at war with Islam, we are at war with radical Islam, just because you happen to be a Muslim does not mean you want to destroy someone in the West.... The last thing we need is more polarization because for those who want to preserve Islam in the west, we alienate them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=alienate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alienate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=alienate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alienate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=alienate