Alienate

Definition: Alienate

Alienate

Verb

1. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.

Date "alienate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	To transfer the title to a property from one party to another. (references)
Tips from 1870	Usage: Antagonize, Alienate, Oppose. The word antagonize should not be used in the sense of alienate; as, "Your proposition will antagonize many supporters of the measure." "The Senate opposed the bill which passed the House" is better than "antagonized the bill." Source: Slips of Speech.
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Synonyms: Alienate

Synonyms: alien (v), disaffect (v), estrange (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Enmity	Verb: be inimical; Adjective: keep at arm's length, hold at arm's length; be at loggerheads; bear malice; fall out; take umbrage; harden the heart, alienate, estrange.
Hate	Excite hatred, provoke hatred; Noun: be hateful; Adjective: stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify; roil.
Transfer	Verb: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant; (confer); consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange;(interchange).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Alienate

English words defined with "alienate": Abalienate, Aliene ♦ Dead hand, Devest, Disalliege ♦ Irreconcile ♦ Nonalienation ♦ To dispose of, To make away, To make away with, To make over ♦ Unsecularize. (references)

Etymologies containing "alienate": Disalliege. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (reference) (more book examples)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	In connection with this unpleasant state of things on our western frontier it is proper for me to mention the attempts of foreign agents to alienate the affections of the Indian nations and to excite them to actual hostilities against the United States.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Alienate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.40% of the time. "Alienate" is used about 127 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	87.4%	111	30,796
Lexical Verb (base form)	9.45%	12	101,599
Adjective (general or positive)	3.15%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	127	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "alienate": de-alienate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "alienate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		armiqësoj (antagonize), tjetërsoj. (various references)

Arabic		‏نفر (alien, band, dislike, indispose, person, repel, soldier), ‏نقل (alien, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), ‏صرف أو يحول عن, ‏أبعد (alien, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian		отчуждавам (estrange, expropriate, sequester), прехвърлям (assign, convey, deed, devolve, heave, surmount, transfer). (various references)

Chinese		疏远 (Alienated, Alienating, Alienation, Distanced, Distancing, Estrange, Estranged, Estranging). (various references)

Czech		odcizit se, odcizit (estrange, purloin, run away, steal). (various references)

Danish		overdrage (assign, cede, grant, transfer). (various references)

Dutch		vervreemden (abalienate, alienation, conveyance, dispose of, sell, transfer, transfer of right, transfer of title, vend), overdragen (carry, to carry, transfer). (various references)

Farsi		منحرف کردن (Bend, Calloff, Deflect, Divert, Pervert, Shunt, Swerve, Warp, Wring), انتقال دادن (Demise, Remise, Shift, Transmit), بیگانه کردن (Estrange, Stranger). (various references)

Finnish		vieroittaa (break somebody of a habit, estrange, wean). (various references)

French		aliéner. (various references)

German		veräußern (alienation, bargain away, conveyance, dispose of, sell, to alienate, to sale, to sell, transfer, transfer of right, transfer of title, vend). (various references)

Greek		απαλλοτριώνω (expropriate), απαλλοτριώ (expropriate), αποξενώ, απομακρύνω (dissociate, fend, oust, remove, stave off, take off, turn away, ward off). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"רחיק (abduce, dismiss, distance, keep afar, remove, sequester, stave off, turn away, warn off), ל�'רום � כור. (various references)

Hungarian		elidegenít (estrange, to alien, to alienate, to disincline, to estrange). (various references)

Indonesian		menyita (confiscate, distrain, forfeit), mengasingkan diri, mengasingkan (exile, intern, isolate, segregate). (various references)

Italian		alienare (estrange, transfer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		疎む (to alienate, to neglect, to shun). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さく (a harvest, a work, cord, crossout, curtail, fence, last, paling, pare, plan, plane, policy, reduce, rope, scrape off, sharpen, shave, to alienate, to avoid, to bloom, to cede, to cleave, to cut up, to divide, to separate, to sever, to spare, to split, to tear, whittle, yesterday), うとむ (to alienate, to neglect, to shun), うと�"じる (to alienate, to distance oneself from, to neglect, to shun). (various references)

Manx		cur noi (counter, deprecation, negative, resist), cur ass cair (alienation). (various references)

Pig Latin		alienateay

Portuguese		alienar (convey, hand, transfer). (various references)

Romanian		aliena (amortize), respinge (beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), detaşa (detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, draft, separate, unbind, uncouple, unfasten), înstrãina (defalcate, divide, embezzle, estrange). (various references)

Russian		отчуждать (estrange, expropriate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavaditi (estrange, set against), udaljiti (estrange, remove, send down), posvađati (estrange), otuđiti (estrange), odvraćati, odroditi (estrange). (various references)

Spanish		enajenar (dispose of, transfer). (various references)

Swedish		fjärma (estrange, remove). (various references)

Turkish		aralarını açmak (create a rift, disunite, make bad blood, set at variable), yabancılaştırmak (estrange), soğutmak (cool, disincline, estrange, indispose, offput, put off, refrigerate, wean), devretmek (assign, cede, circuit, circulate, convey, deliver, devolve, dispose of, hand down, hand on, hand over, pass, pass on, revolve, slew, slue, transfer, turn over). (various references)

Ukranian		робити чужим, відчужувати (dispossess), відвертати (abstract, amuse, anticipate, avert, award, head off, preclude, prevent, turn away, ward), віддаляти (distance, estrange, set apart). (various references)

Welsh		dieithrio (estrange). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abalienabantur, abalienabit, abalienarentur, abalienati, abalienavit, aliena, alienas, alienati, alienatus, alienavit, alieno, distraho, mancipo. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	estrangier. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Ezekiel Chapter 48, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ou praqhsetai ex autou oude katametrhqhsetai oude afaireqhsetai ta prwtogenhmata thV ghV oti agion estin tw kuriw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et non venundabunt ex eo neque mutabunt nec transferentur primitiae terrae quia sanctificatae sunt Domino
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thei shuln not selle therof, nether chaunge; nether the first fruytis of the lond shuln be transferrid, or born ouer, for thei ben halewid to the Lord.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first-fruits of the land: for it is holy to the LORD.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.
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Language	Ezekiel Chapter 48, Verse 14
Cebuano	Ug sila dili makabaligya bisan usa niini, ni ikabugti kini, ni mabalhin ang unang mga bunga sa yuta; kay kini balaan man alang kang Jehova.
Croatian	Od toga se ništa ne smije prodati ni zamijeniti; ne smije se ni na koga prenijeti ta prvina zemlje, jer je Jahvi posveæena.
Danish	De må ikke sælge eller bortbytte noget deraf eller overdrage denne førstegrøde af Landet til andre, thi den er helliget HERREN.
Dutch	En zij zullen daarvan niet verkopen, noch de eerstelingen des lands verwisselen, noch overdragen; want het is een heiligheid den HEERE.
Finnish	Älkööt he myykö siitä mitään, älköönkä parasta maata vaihdettako tai luovutettako, sillä se on pyhitetty Herralle.
French	Ils n`en pourront rien vendre ni échanger; et les prémices du pays ne seront point aliénées, car elles sont consacrées � l`Éternel.
German	Und sollen nichts davon verkaufen noch verändern, damit des Landes Erstling nicht wegkomme; denn es ist dem HERRN geheiligt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sejengkal pun dari tanah itu tak boleh mereka jual atau mereka tukarkan; bagian yang paling baik dari tanah Israel tidak boleh pindah ke tangan orang lain, sebab tanah itu sudah dikhususkan bagi TUHAN dan menjadi milik-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dari pada satupun tiada boleh dijualnya atau ditukarkannya atau diwakilkannya; bahwa inilah hulu tanah itu, karena kesucianlah adanya bagi Tuhan.
Italian	Essi non ne potranno vendere né permutare, né potr� essere alienata questa parte migliore del paese, perché è sacra al Signore.
Maori	Kaua hoki tetahi wahi o reira e hokona, kaua ano e whakawhititia, kaua hoki nga hua matamua o te whenua e whakariroia ketia ranei: he tapu hoki ki a Ihowa.
Norwegian	De skal ikke selge eller bytte bort noget av det, og denne førstegrøde av landet skal ikke gå over til andre; for den er helliget til Herren.
Portuguese	E não venderão nada disto nem o trocarão, nem transferirão as primícias da terra, porque é santo ao Senhor.
Rumanian	Nu vor putea sq vkndq nimic din ea nici sq schimbe; wi aceastq pkrgq a yqrii nu va putea fi knstrqinatq, cqci este knchinatq Domnului.
Spanish	No venderán de ello; no permutarán, ni traspasarán las primicias de la tierra, porque es cosa consagrada a Jehovah.
Swedish	Och de få icke sälja något därav; det bästa landet må man icke byta bort eller eljest överlåta åt någon annan, ty det är helgat åt HERREN.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "alienate": alienated, alienates. (additional references)
	Words containing "alienate": unalienated. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Alienate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aleinate, alianate, aliena, alienee, alient, allienate, allievate, aziendale, Valiente. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "alienate" (pronounced ā"lyunā't)
6	-l y u n ā' t	italianate.
4	-u n ā' t	agglutinate, assassinate, carbonate, chlorinate, concatenate, contaminate, culminate, decaffeinate, decontaminate, denominate, determinate, detonate, discriminate, disseminate, dominate, eliminate, emanate, exterminate, fascinate, fulminate, germinate, halogenate, hydrogenate, hyphenate, illuminate, impersonate, incriminate, indoctrinate, inseminate, insubordinate, isocyanate, marinate, nominate, originate, oxygenate, pollinate, predominate, procrastinate, rejuvenate, renominate, resonate, ruminate, subordinate, terminate, titanate, urinate.
3	-n ā' t	designate, donate, hibernate, impregnate, reincarnate, stagnate.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-n-t"
	-1 letter: lineate, taeniae.
	-2 letters: entail, lanate, lateen, taenia, tenail, teniae, tineal.
	-3 letters: alane, alant, alate, alien, aline, anele, anile, antae, eaten, elain, elate, elint, elite, enate, entia, inlet, lanai, laten, leant, liana, liane, natal, telae, telia, tenia, tinea.
	-4 letters: alae, alan, alee, alit, anal, anil, anta, ante, anti, elan, etna, ilea, lain, lane, late, lati.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-n-t"
	+1 letter: alienated, alienates.
	+2 letters: antifemale, chatelaine, delaminate, desalinate, penetralia.
	+3 letters: acetanilide, alexandrite, alternative, antiwelfare, chatelaines, delaminated, delaminates, desalinated, desalinates, explanative, inalterable, intercalate, lineamental, retrainable, talebearing, unalienated.
	+4 letters: accelerating, acceleration, acetanilides, alexandrites, alternatives, antiliterate, antipleasure, deescalating, deescalation, denaturalize, ethanolamine, generational, inadequately, intercalated, intercalates, magnetizable, materialness, planetesimal, pleasantries, recreational, reescalating, reescalation, reevaluating, reevaluation, restrainable, talebearings, unalleviated, vegetational.
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