bestrange

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verb

To make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bestranges · participle present bestranging · participle past bestranged · past bestranged

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From be- + strange.

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APA

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MLA

“bestrange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestrange. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bestrange,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestrange.

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