bestrange

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ strange.

Verb

bestrange (third-person singular simple present bestranges, present participle bestranging, simple past and past participle bestranged)

  1. (transitive) To make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.
    • 2004, Tony Bennett, Formalism and Marxism - Page 51:
      His account of the means whereby Tolstoy 'bestranges' the romantic idealization of war affords a useful illustration.

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