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e, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.

The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.

One who estranges.

To estrange; to withdraw. [Obs.]

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

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

at comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.

n 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.

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.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.

ng 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.

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

Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.

Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

ational prater; a teller of secrets. Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust. L'Estrange.

ative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. Balance the good and evil of things. L'Estrange.