\Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.]
[OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is
without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See
{Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.]
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. ``To seek strange
   strands.'' --Chaucer.
         One of the strange queen's lords.     --Shak.
         I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers
         tongues.                              --Ascham.
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining
   to one's self; not domestic.
         So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from
         herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J.
                                               Davies.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
         Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the
         character, I doubt not; and the signet is not
         strange to you.                       --Shak.
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual;
   irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. ``He is sick
   of a strange fever.'' --Shak.
         Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange
         alteration in me.                     --Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak.
         She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon
         learn to love thee.                   --Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
         Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In
         favoring the cause.                   --Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
         In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak.
Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
            Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the
            snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
                                               --Waller.
{Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel.
{Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.
{To make it strange}.
   (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning
       it. --Shak.
   (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}.
   (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment.
   (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
     marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer;
     eccentric.

\Strange\, adv.
Strangely. [Obs.]
      Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. --Shak.

\Strange\, v. t.
To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]

\Strange\, v. i.
1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] --Glanvill.