different between alienate vs aliene

English

Etymology

From Middle English alienat, from Latin ali?n?tus, perfect passive participle of ali?n? (“alienate, estrange”), from ali?nus. See alien, and confer aliene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.li.?.ne?t/

Adjective

alienate (not comparable)

1. (archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
   • 1667, John Milton. Paradise Lost (line 4643)

     O alienate from God.

Noun

alienate (plural alienates)

1. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.

Verb

alienate (third-person singular simple present alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated)

1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.

Usage notes

Alienate is largely synonymous with estrange. However, alienate is used primarily to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”), while estrange is used rather to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting.

Synonyms

• (estrange): estrange, antagonize, isolate, marginalize

Antonyms

• (estrange): accept

Translations

References

• alienate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Adjective

alienate f pl

1. feminine plural of alienato

Noun

alienate f

1. plural of alienata

Verb

alienate

1. second-person plural present of alienare
2. second-person plural imperative of alienare
3. feminine plural past participle of alienare

Anagrams

• aneliate

Latin

Verb

ali?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ali?n?

Middle English

Adjective

alienate

1. Alternative form of alienat

English

Etymology

Variant of alien (“to alienate”).

Verb

aliene (third-person singular simple present alienes, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened)

1. (transitive) To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property.

Anagrams

• Aileen, Elaine, elaine, lineae

Italian

Adjective

aliene

1. feminine plural of alieno

Noun

aliene f

1. plural of aliena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.li?e?.ne/, [äli?e?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.li?e.ne/, [?li???n?]

Adjective

ali?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of ali?nus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From alien +? -e.

Adjective

aliene

1. inflection of alien:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 2

From Old French aliener.

Verb

aliene

1. Alternative form of alienen

Portuguese

Verb

aliene

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alienar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of alienar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alienar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alienar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ljene/, [a?lje.ne]

Verb

aliene

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of alienar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of alienar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of alienar.