Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to alienate
Participle: alienated
Gerund: alienating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | alienate |
| you | alienate |
| he;she;it | alienates |
| we | alienate |
| you | alienate |
| they | alienate |
Perfect
| I | have alienated |
| you | have alienated |
| he;she;it | has alienated |
| we | have alienated |
| you | have alienated |
| they | have alienated |
Past
| I | alienated |
| you | alienated |
| he;she;it | alienated |
| we | alienated |
| you | alienated |
| they | alienated |
Pluperfect
| I | had alienated |
| you | had alienated |
| he;she;it | had alienated |
| we | had alienated |
| you | had alienated |
| they | had alienated |
Future
| I | will alienate |
| you | will alienate |
| he;she;it | will alienate |
| we | will alienate |
| you | will alienate |
| they | will alienate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have alienated |
| you | will have alienated |
| he;she;it | will have alienated |
| we | will have alienated |
| you | will have alienated |
| they | will have alienated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | alienate |
| you | alienate |
| he;she;it | alienate |
| we | alienate |
| you | alienate |
| they | alienate |
Perfect
| I | have alienated |
| you | have alienated |
| he;she;it | have alienated |
| we | have alienated |
| you | have alienated |
| they | have alienated |
Imperfect
| I | alienated |
| you | alienated |
| he;she;it | alienated |
| we | alienated |
| you | alienated |
| they | alienated |
Pluperfect
| I | had alienated |
| you | had alienated |
| he;she;it | had alienated |
| we | had alienated |
| you | had alienated |
| they | had alienated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would alienate |
| you | would alienate |
| he;she;it | would alienate |
| we | would alienate |
| you | would alienate |
| they | would alienate |
Perfect
| I | would have alienated |
| you | would have alienated |
| he;she;it | would have alienated |
| we | would have alienated |
| you | would have alienated |
| they | would have alienated |
Imperative
| you | alienate |
| we | Let's alienate |
| you | alienate |
Verbs conjugated like 'alienate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'alienate'
abalienate,
acierate,
aliene,
alienise,
alienize,
allegate,
alternate,
aminate,
arietate,
salinate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from L.
alienatus, pp. of
alienare "to make another's, estrange," from
alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from
alius "(an)other" (see alias).
Alienation in the sense of "transfer of ownership" is from 1388; it also meant "loss or derangement of mental faculties, insanity" (1482), hence
alienist (1864, from Fr.
aliéniste) "one who treats mental diseases."
Alienation of affection as a U.S. legal term in divorce cases for "falling in love with someone else" is from 1861.
2. Either from the above adjective or directly borrowed from Latin alienātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner. See: French '
aliéner'.
Sample Sentences
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The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. [1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:]
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The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism. [1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:]
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In April and early May, the NUR and ASLEF threatened a three-day strike. Opinion on this was divided, both within the unions and among the public. Commentators saw the strike as likely to alienate the public and unlikely to win significant changes in terms of closures and job losses. [2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39:]