All 3 Uses of
estrange
in
The Ramayana
- If, by Kaikeyí's counsel changed, Our father's heart be thus estranged, No mercy must our arm restrain, But let the foe be slain, be slain.†
Book 2estranged = separated or no longer emotionally close
- Brooding on sin and quickly changed, In one short hour their love estranged.†
Book 2 *
- But from this day behold me changed, From every gentle grace estranged.†
Book 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(estrange) arouse hostility or indifference where there had formerly been affection or sympathy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, estrange may mean to remove from customary environment or associations.