单词 | to alienate affection |
释义 | > as lemmasto alienate (a person's) affection(s) Phrases to alienate (a person's) affection(s). a. In general sense: (frequently with from) to cause a person to withdraw or remove his or her affection from someone. ΚΠ 1572 J. Leslie Table out of Treat. Treasons sig. *4iv.v To alienat peoples hartes and affections from the rightfull heire. 1684 T. Otway Atheist iv. 42 I'll swinge her the stoutlier, for alienating his Affections from his natural Father. 1755 J. Kidgell Card I. xxviii. 303 Miss Evelyn, notwithstanding the advantageous Offers which have been made her, has refused them all for his Sake only; it seems to me next to an Impossibility to alienate her Affection. 1857 B. J. Lossing Hist. U.S. iv. ii. 132 This abridgment of their liberties..alienated the affections of the people from the mother country. 1912 Times 31 Dec. 3/2 They have to choose between either alienating the affection of opium merchants or jeopardizing their national vitality. 2005 J. Morgan Indiscretion i. 12 Caroline's father had come from a genteel Devon family, but had alienated their affections by a flamboyantly rebellious youth. b. Law (chiefly U.S.): to induce a person to transfer his or her affection from someone with rights or claims to it (typically a spouse) to another held responsible for the estrangement, esp. as constituting grounds for legal action. ΚΠ 1790 Lawyer's & Magistrate's Mag. Aug. 504 I should not..excuse the defendant, if he had been the original seducer: if he had corrupted this lady's mind, had alienated her affections from her husband. 1861 Rep. Supreme Court Wisconsin 11 430 The evidence offered by the defendant, for the purpose of showing that the affections of the wife had been previously alienated from the plaintiff by others,..should have been admitted. 1902 Washington Post 10 Jan. 3/3 [He] began suit..for damages in the sum of $50,000 against ‘Dr.’ Dowie and Elders..of the Christian Catholic Church of America, for alleged conspiracy to alienate his wife's affections. 2009 Minnesota Lawyer (Nexis) 14 Sept. The appellate court said evidence of those affairs was not relevant to the issue of the other woman's intent to alienate the affections of the plaintiff's spouse. < as lemmas |
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