† enstrangev.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To remove far from.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > put at or remove to a distance
farOE
fersec1000
far-casta1340
removec1384
proloynec1425
prolong1440
purloin1461
elong1477
enstrange1483
eloin1535
elongatec1540
distance1578
discoast1583
eloinate1642
outpost1864
distantiate1924
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)]
shedOE
depart1297
externec1420
deforce1430
sequesterc1430
enstrange1483
estrange1523
separate1526
alienate1534
segregate1542
foreign1598
excommunicate1602
stranger1608
dissociate1623
discorporate1695
disincorporate1701
atomize1895
twine1895
ghetto1936
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 253/2 She was as fer enstraunged fro the payne of the flesshe as she was fro corrupcion of her body.
1614 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (new ed.) ii. sig. L7v So pennilesse, and therewithall instranged from all good account.
b. To make strange or a stranger to.
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a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 55 I smile, but from a soul enstrang'd to peace.
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