Bestrange

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange. transitive

    "His account of the means whereby Tolstoy 'bestranges' the romantic idealization of war affords a useful illustration."

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"His account of the means whereby Tolstoy 'bestranges' the romantic idealization of war affords a useful illustration."

Etymology

From be- + strange.

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