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alienates

alienates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of alienate.

Meaning of alienate

Verb

alienate (third-person singular simple present alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated)

  1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
  2. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
    • The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans...
  3. To cause one to feel unable to relate.

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Questions about alienates

What is alienates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Alienates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of alienate.

Words near alienates in the dictionary

  1. alienages
  2. alienans
  3. alienate
  4. alienated
  5. alienatedly
  6. alienates
  7. alienating
  8. alienatingly
  9. alienation
  10. alienation of affection
  11. alienation of affections

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