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bestranging

bestranging is the present participle and gerund of bestrange.

Meaning of bestrange

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

Questions about bestranging

What is bestranging the present participle and gerund of?
Bestranging is the present participle and gerund of bestrange.

Words near bestranging in the dictionary

  1. bestraddling
  2. bestrange
  3. bestranged
  4. bestrangement
  5. bestranges
  6. bestranging
  7. bestraught
  8. bestraughted
  9. bestreak
  10. bestreaked
  11. bestreaking

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