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(), a.[Compar.Stranger (); superl.Strangest ().] [OE. estrange, F. trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton. 5. Strange adv.Strangely. [Obs.] Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. Shak. Strange v. t.To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.] Strange v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.] 2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] Glanvill. スポンサード リンク
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