▪ I. † eˈstrange, a. and n. Obs. rare.
Also 4–6 estraunge.
[a. OF. estrange: see strange.]
A. adj.
1. a. Distant, reserved. b. Strange, unusual, wonderful.
| a. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 1084 [1077] His hieghe porte and his manere estraunge. [So MSS. Harl. 2280 and Campsall; Harl. 3943 straunge.] |
| b. 1549 Sir T. Chaloner tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. M j a, I maie adde here to their sentences or sawes whiche are so estraunge. 1587 Holinshed Discov. Irel. iv. (R.), You tell vs of manie gugawes and estrange dreams. |
2. Law. Not privy or party to.
| 1721 St. German's Doct. & Stud. 195 The entry..is void in law, because he is estrange to the deed. |
B. n. A stranger, foreigner.
| 1384 in Arnolde Chron. 39 Y{supt} non estraunges bey or selle w{supt} any od' estraunges any maner marchandises wythyn y⊇ fraunches of y⊇ same cite. |
▪ II. estrange, v.
(ɪˈstreɪndʒ)
Also 6 astrange, -aunge, 6–7 estraunge.
[ad. OF. estranger (mod.F. étranger), corresp. to Pr. estranhar, Cat. estranyar, Sp. estrañar, Pg. estranhar, It. stranare, straniare:—L. extrāneāre, f. extrāneus: see strange.]
To cause to be strange, or a stranger, or as a stranger (to).
1. trans. To remove (permanently or for a length of time) from an accustomed abode, haunt, association, or occupation; to keep apart from experience of or acquaintance with anything. Const. from. Somewhat arch.
| 1485 Caxton Paris & V. (1868) 68 He wold estrange hym fro that contree of genes. 1579 E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Ep. Ded. §4 Thus much haue I aduentured vpon his frendship, himselfe being for long time furre estraunged. 1612 T. Wilson Chr. Dict., To abstain from sig[nifieth] To seperate or estrange, and turne our mind from a thing. 1665 Glanvill Sceps. Sci. xiv. 80 We must endeavour to estrange our assent from every thing, which is not clearly evidenc'd to our faculties. 1713 Guardian No. 5. ¶2 The..lady..has for some time estranged herself from Conversation. 1718 Rowe tr. Lucan i. (R.), None shall ask if guiltily I fled, Or thy command estrang'd me from thy bed. 1731 Pope in Swift's Corr. II. 648 My lord is as much estranged from politics as I am. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 59 Edward, long estranged from his native realm. 1864 Browning J. Lee's Wife i, The world has changed! The sun's away, And the bird estranged. 1871 B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. ii. i. 88 The room Waits for its master long estranged. |
† b. To make (a person) a stranger to (a condition or place). Obs.
| 1725 Pope Odyss. xix. 697 To rest and joy Estrang'd since dear Ulysses sail'd to Troy! 1738 Thomson Autumn 1158 A solid Life, estrang'd To Disappointment, and fallacious Hope. 1767 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. II. 152 (D.) Mr. Meekly had long estranged himself to Enfield. |
† c. To withhold from a person's perception or knowledge. Obs.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. x. i. (1632) 1251 The designe being so estranged from the conceit of man. 1614 Earl Stirling Doomesday, 10th Hour (R.), Their faults are told, Which had been still estrang'd from them before. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. v. 338 None of which ways are estranged from the knowledge of those experienced Spirits. |
2. To render alien; to regard or treat as alien; to sever from a community; to remove (possessions, subjects) from the ownership or dominion of any one. arch.
| 1523 Act 14–15 Hen. VIII, c. 4 §1 They..estraunge theimselfe from the kynges obeysaunce. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. ii. 12 You wer vtterly astraunged from the title and felowship of the nation of Jewes. 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 92 He should not estrange or cut off all the Churches of God which retained the tradition of old custome. a 1600 Hooker (J.), For conversion of infidels estranged from the house of God. 1611 Bible Jer. xix. 4 They haue forsaken mee, and haue estranged this place, and haue burnt incense in it vnto other gods. 1872 Browning Fifine lviii, I say, I cannot think..such gain Can ever be estranged. |
† b. To put away from oneself, eschew. Obs. rare.
| 1613–6 W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v, God will be seene his sentence changing, If he behold thee wicked wayes estranging. |
† c. To render ‘foreign’ or dissimilar in character. Obs.
| 1727 Pope, etc. Art Sinking 108 Technical terms, which estrange your style from the great and general ideas of nature. |
3. To alienate in feeling or affection. Const. from, or simply.
| 1494 Fabyan vii. 644 The duke of Brytayne began to estrange hym from the Kyng and refusyd to come vnto his presence. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. ii. (1634) 119 The wicked..which are altogether estranged from God. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 2. §1 Minding..to estrange and alienate the Minds and Hearts of sundry her Majestys Subjects from their dutiful Obedience. 1606 Holland Sueton. 91 With Ivlia he lived at the first in great concord and mutuall love; but afterwardes hee began to estraunge himselfe. 1681 J. Flavel Right Man's Ref. 271 It is therefore his great Design, to estrange and alienate the Saints from their God. 1722 De Foe Moll Fl. (1840) 93, I was quite estranged from him in affection. 1768 Beattie Minstr. i. xviii, His heart from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the wo of any living thing. 1780 Burke Sp. Econ. Ref. Wks. 1842 I. 253 You are going to estrange his majestys confidence from me. 1878 Gladstone Prim. Homer 106 To direct them towards good persons..and to estrange them from the bad. |
† b. intr. for refl. To become alienated in feeling. Obs. rare.
| 1649 Selden Laws Eng. ii. xxvii. (1739) 126 Perswading the King, that Foreign Princes estranged from him..for some apprehensions they had of his departure from that way of Religion. |
† 4. To change, render remote from one's accustomed or normal condition; to make unlike oneself; hence, to put beside oneself, madden. Obs.
| 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes G j b, So farre did we estraunge our selfes, that wee could finde in our hartes to become seruile..to a forrein nacion. 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 86 Being mad and sodainly estranged and bereft of his wits. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 10 They sawe their souldiers so estranged from their former valour. 1622 Wither Mistr. Philar. (1633) 687 That neither wasting Cares..Might from what she is estrange her. |
5. To render strange or unfamiliar in appearance; to disguise. arch.
| a 1637 B. Jonson Challenge at Tilt, Sure they are these garments that estrange me to you. 1875 [see estranging ppl. a.]. |
† 6. pass. To be astonished. Obs. rare. [Cf. Sp. estrañarse.]
| 1658 A. Fox tr. Wurtz' Surg. iii. xxi. 284 At which [prunella in throat] some Surgeons are estranged [orig. het welck sommige voor een wonder..achten] and others do slight it. |