\Es*trange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Estranged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Estranging}.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F.
['e]tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from
extraneus strange. See {Strange}.]
1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a
   distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
         We must estrange our belief from everything which is
         not clearly and distinctly evidenced. --Glanvill.
         Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things
         indifferent.                          --Hooker.
2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its
   former possessor; to alienate.
         They . . . have estranged this place, and have
         burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4.
3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from
   attachment to enmity or indifference.
         I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has
         estranged him from me.                --Pope.
         He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the
         Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them.
                                               --Macaulay.