STRANGE
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Strange (?), a. [Compar. Stranger (?); superl. Strangest (?).] [OE. estrange, F. étrange, 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.
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One of the strange queen's lords.
Shak.
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I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.
Ascham.
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2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
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So she, impatient her own faults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
Sir J. Davies.
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3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
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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.
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4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. “He is sick of a strange fever.” Shak.
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Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me.
Milton.
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5. Reserved; distant in deportment. Shak.
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She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.
Hawthorne.
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6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
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Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause.
Beau. & Fl.
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7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.
Shak.
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&hand_; Strange is often used as an exclamation.
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Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
Waller.
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Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel. -- Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. Prov. v. 3. -- To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
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Syn. -- Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
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Strange, adv. Strangely. [Obs.]
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Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak.
Shak.
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Strange, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
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Strange, v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
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2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] Glanvill.
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