estrange

Meaning

Verb

• To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
• To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

Related

Similar words

• alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate
• wean

Origin

• From Old French estranger ("to treat as a stranger"), from Latin extraneus ("foreigner, stranger") (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.