"bestrange" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bestranges [present, singular, third-person], bestranging [participle, present], bestranged [participle, past], bestranged [past]
Etymology: From be- + strange. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|strange}} be- + strange Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Derived forms: bestranged, bestrangement, bestranging
    Sense id: en-bestrange-en-verb-l71fBEeS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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