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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bestrange en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + strange.

Meanings

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

Forms

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bestranging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bestranges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bestranged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bestranged Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

bestranging · bestrangement · bestranged