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To estrange; to withdraw. [Obs.]

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]

The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.…

spect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. Blackw. Mag.

imate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

rate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc. The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator.

affections of quantity." Boyle. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.

bring or receive into close connection; to ally. Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion I. Taylor.

affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle.

t comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.

proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. Swift.

agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange.

Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of.

n resident of a country in which he does not posses the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor.

g set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome.

change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. Swift.

acticing or siding with both parties. All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange.