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bestrange

bestrange verb: to make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.

Verb

bestrange (third-person singular simple present bestranges, present participle bestranging, simple past and past participle bestranged)

  1. (transitive) To make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.
    • His account of the means whereby Tolstoy 'bestranges' the romantic idealization of war affords a useful illustration.2004, Tony Bennett, Formalism and Marxism - Page 51

Forms of bestrange

third-person singular presentbestranges
present participlebestranging
past participlebestranged
pastbestranged

Origin of bestrange

From be- + strange.

Words formed from bestrange

Questions about bestrange

What does bestrange mean?
Bestrange means to make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.
What part of speech is bestrange?
Bestrange is a verb.
What is the past tense of bestrange?
The past tense of bestrange is bestranged.

Words near bestrange in the dictionary

  1. bestows
  2. bestraddle
  3. bestraddled
  4. bestraddles
  5. bestraddling
  6. bestrange
  7. bestranged
  8. bestrangement
  9. bestranges
  10. bestranging
  11. bestraught

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