alienate
alienate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To cause someone to feel isolated, estranged, or unsympathetic toward a person, group, or institution.
"The company's sudden price hike threatened to alienate its most loyal customers."
To transfer the ownership of property or a legal right to another person or entity (used especially in law).
"Under the terms of the trust, the beneficiaries were not permitted to alienate any portion of the ancestral estate."
• adjective
Archaic or poetic for estranged; withdrawn in affection or sympathy.
"With an alienate heart, the exiled prince watched the festivities from afar."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Latin alienatus, the past participle of alienare ('to make estrangement, alter, or transfer'), itself derived from alienus ('belonging to another') and alius ('other').