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Definition of: alienate
(āl′yən·āt, ā′lē·ən-) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
1. To make indifferent or unfriendly; estrange: to alienate a friend.
2. To cause to feel estranged or withdrawn from society.
3. To make over; transfer, as property to the ownership of another.
4. To turn away, as affection or interest.
—al′ien·a′tor noun
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