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alienate
English
Etymology
From Middle English alienat, from Latin ali?n?tus, perfect passive participle of ali?n? (“alienate, estrange”), from ali?nus. See alien, and confer aliene.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.li.?.ne?t/
Adjective
alienate (not comparable)
- (archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
- 1667, John Milton. Paradise Lost (line 4643)
- O alienate from God.
- 1667, John Milton. Paradise Lost (line 4643)
Noun
alienate (plural alienates)
- (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
Verb
alienate (third-person singular simple present alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated)
- To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
- To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
Usage notes
Alienate is largely synonymous with estrange. However, alienate is used primarily to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”), while estrange is used rather to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting.
Synonyms
- (estrange): estrange, antagonize, isolate, marginalize
Antonyms
- (estrange): accept
Translations
References
- alienate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Italian
Adjective
alienate f pl
- feminine plural of alienato
Noun
alienate f
- plural of alienata
Verb
alienate
- second-person plural present of alienare
- second-person plural imperative of alienare
- feminine plural past participle of alienare
Anagrams
- aneliate
Latin
Verb
ali?n?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ali?n?
Middle English
Adjective
alienate
- Alternative form of alienat
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offend
English
Etymology
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offend? (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fend? (“strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?nd/
- Hyphenation: of?fend
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended)
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- New Testament, Matthew 5:29 (Sermon on the Mount),
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:offend.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- offend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- offend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- end off
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